I Have Heard It Remarked

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

No Man Can Be A Sound Lawyer In This Land Who Is Not Well Read In The Ethics Of Moses And The Virtues Of Jesus.

[o]ur Sages In The Great [constitutional] Convention... Intended Our Government Should Be A Republic Which Differs More Widely From A Democracy Than A Democracy From A Despotism. The Rigours Of A Despotism Often... Oppress Only A Few, But It Is The Very Essence And Nature Of A Democracy, For A Faction Claiming To Oppress A Minority, And That Minority The Chief Owners Of The Property And Truest Lovers Of Their Country.

A Large Portion Of Our Citizens, Who Will Not Believe, Even On The Evidence Of Facts, That Any Public Evils Exist, Or Are Impending. They Deride The Apprehensions Of Those Who Foresee, That Licentiousness Will Prove, As It Ever Has Proved, Fatal To Liberty.

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