Quote by Joseph Dennie

"Eloquence may truly be considered in every country, where the freedom of speech is indulged, as synonimous with civic honours, wealth, dignity and might. In the last particular, its potency is that of a magician. It wields at will our fierce democracie."

— Joseph Dennie

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"Select Speeches" [Review of Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary (1808) by Nathaniel Chapman] in The Port Folio, ser. 3, vol. 2, no. 1 (July 1809) p. 23. The phrase "fierce democracie" is quoted in Fitz-Greene Halleck's poem "Connecticut" and in John G. Saxe's poem "The Proud Miss MacBride: A Legend of Gotham", st. 13

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Joseph Dennie

Joseph Dennie (August 30, 1768 – January 7, 1812) was an American author and journalist who was one of the foremost men of letters of the Federalist Era. A Federalist, Dennie is best remembered for his series of essays entitled The Lay Preacher and as the founding editor of The Port Folio, a journal espousing classical republican values.

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