Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-5] of 5 Passion quotesPassion QuotesPassion Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honor, power and glory, established in the minds of the people, or there can be no republican government, nor any real liberty: and this public passion must be superior to all private passions.~ John Adams Who then is free? The wise who can command his passions, who fears not want, nor death, nor chains, firmly resisting his appetites and despising the honors of the world, who relies wholly on himself, whose angular points of character have all been rounded off and polished.~ Horace The truth is, that, even with the most secure tenure of office, during good behavior, the danger is not, that the judges will be too firm in resisting public opinion, and in defence of private rights or public liberties; but, that they will be ready to yield themselves to the passions, and politics, and prejudices of the day.~ Joseph Story The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.~ Cornelius Tacitus The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.~ W.B. Yeats Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print