A Democracy Is A Volcano

I Have Heard It Remarked That Men Are Not To Be Reasoned Out Of An Opinion They Have Not Reasoned Themselves Into.

Our Liberty Depends On Our Education, Our Laws, And Habits . . . It Is Founded On Morals And Religion, Whose Authority Reigns In The Heart, And On The Influence All These Produce On Public Opinion Before That Opinion Governs Rulers.

Democracy, In Its Best State, Is But The Politics Of Bedlam; While Kept Chained, Its Thoughts Are Frantic, But When It Breaks Loose, It Kills The Keeper, Fires The Building, And Perishes.

America Is Rising With A Giant's Strength. Its Bones Are Yet But Cartilages.

The Gentleman Puts Me In Mind Of An Old Hen Which Persists In Setting After Her Eggs Are Taken Away.