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11/08/04

Permalink 08:10:19 pm, by elves, 736 words, 97 views   English (US)
Categories: Politics, Religion

That Intolerant Spirit

zeitgeist: Friday, November 23, 1787
ortgeist : On the campaign trail for the Constitution

“Ambition, avarice, personal animosity, party opposition, and many other motives not more laudable than these, are apt to operate as well upon those who support as those who oppose the right side of a question. Were there not even these inducements to moderation, nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties. For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.” - Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers #1.

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