Wresting the sceptre from reason . . . « From the Wisdom of our Founders

Wresting the sceptre from reason . . .

“In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. … Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.” –James Madison, Federalist No. 55, 1788

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on November 26, 2010 at 1:13 am Leave a Comment

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