 | J. T. Headley - 1859 - 528 pagina’s
...excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to bo quenched ; it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent...powers of one department, to encroach upon another. Tha spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 524 pagina’s
...danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it.—A fire not to be quenched; it demands a uniform vigilance...in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres;... | |
 | Horace Binney - 1859 - 262 pagina’s
...danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to] mitigate and assuage it.—A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance...in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres;... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 pagina’s
...danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it.—A fire not to be quenched ; it demands a uniform vigilance...lest, [instead of warming, it should]' consume.-— Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - 1961 - 630 pagina’s
...being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it: A Fire not to be quenched, it demands...vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest it should not only warm but consume.12 It is in a particular manner to be regretted that our parties... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations - 1955 - 172 pagina’s
...Committee through this Resolution 12, calling for nn "exploratory convention." Again quoting Washington, "It is important likewise that the habits of thinking...in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres."... | |
 | Ralph Ketcham - 1987 - 294 pagina’s
...being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume." When such vigilance was lacking, Washington warned, "the alternate domination of one faction over another... | |
 | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - 1990 - 285 pagina’s
...being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume. 63 Washington's metaphors comported with his view of human nature. From his perspective, the problems... | |
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... purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public... 
