Phillips also expressed his deep fear of social disorder, condemning the demagogue’s dexterous efforts to manipulate his listeners’ prejudices, and to “enflame their passions” in order to make them “tools for his schemes of aggrandisement.” To avoid this danger, eloquence must always be used in the legislative chamber, not on the street corner. In this way, powerful speech would serve the ends of order, remaining “deliberative, and addressed to sensible men” who were motivated by “interests,” not enslaved by “passions.”
