The Founding Fathers worried that 'some common impulse of passion' might lead many to subvert the rights of the few. It's a rational fear, one that is played out endlessly.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding rights.
The Founding Fathers are not just some people that happened to get mad a long time ago and want their freedom. They were special people in addition to what their natural yearnings were.
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
People like passion in politics.
I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
It seems to me that we're in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society.
No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.