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Fisher Ames Quotes

No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language Picture Quote #1
That can never be reasoned down which was not reasoned up Picture Quote #1
America is rising with a giant’s strength. Its bones are yet but cartilages Picture Quote #1
Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny Picture Quote #1
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty Picture Quote #1
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty Picture Quote #1
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All such men are, or ought to be, agreed, that simple governments are despotisms; and of all despotisms, a democracy, though the least durable, is the most violent Picture Quote #1
A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy Picture Quote #1
We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no liberty without it Picture Quote #1
A large portion of our citizens, who will not believe, even on the evidence of facts, that any public evils exist, or are impending. They deride the apprehensions of those who foresee, that licentiousness will prove, as it ever has proved, fatal to liberty Picture Quote #1
A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water Picture Quote #1
I have heard it remarked that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion they have not reasoned themselves into Picture Quote #1
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Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism Picture Quote #1
I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It is the stale artifice which has duped the world a thousand times, and yet, though detected, it is still successful. I love liberty as well as anybody. I am proud of it, as the true title of our people to distinction above others; but... I would guard it by making the laws strong enough to protect it Picture Quote #1
A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way Picture Quote #1
We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we are here to talk of the political interests committed to our charge Picture Quote #1
Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent Picture Quote #1
Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits... it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs rulers Picture Quote #1
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The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people Picture Quote #1
I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law Picture Quote #1
The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away Picture Quote #1
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No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language  (Fisher Ames Quotes) That can never be reasoned down which was not reasoned up  (Fisher Ames Quotes) America is rising with a giant’s strength. Its bones are yet but cartilages  (Fisher Ames Quotes) Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny  (Fisher Ames Quotes) The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty  (Fisher Ames Quotes) The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty  (Fisher Ames Quotes) All such men are, or ought to be, agreed, that simple governments are despotisms; and of all despotisms, a democracy, though the least durable, is the most violent  (Fisher Ames Quotes) A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy  (Fisher Ames Quotes) We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no liberty without it  (Fisher Ames Quotes) A large portion of our citizens, who will not believe, even on the evidence of facts, that any public evils exist, or are impending. They deride the apprehensions of those who foresee, that licentiousness will prove, as it ever has proved, fatal to liberty  (Fisher Ames Quotes) A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water  (Fisher Ames Quotes) I have heard it remarked that men are not to be reasoned out of an opinion they have not reasoned themselves into  (Fisher Ames Quotes) Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism  (Fisher Ames Quotes) I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It is the stale artifice which has duped the world a thousand times, and yet, though detected, it is still successful. I love liberty as well as anybody. I am proud of it, as the true title of our people to distinction above others; but... I would guard it by making the laws strong enough to protect it  (Fisher Ames Quotes) A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way  (Fisher Ames Quotes) We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we are here to talk of the political interests committed to our charge  (Fisher Ames Quotes) Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so much in removing all restraint from the orderly, as in imposing it on the violent  (Fisher Ames Quotes) Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits... it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs rulers  (Fisher Ames Quotes) The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people  (Fisher Ames Quotes) I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law  (Fisher Ames Quotes) The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away  (Fisher Ames Quotes)