The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.
"Fisher Ames" was a United States House of Representatives/Representative in the United States Congress from the United States House of Representatives, Massachusetts District 1/1st Congressional District of Massachusetts. He was an important leader of the United States Federalist Party/Federalists in the House, and was noted for his oratorical skill.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous statesmen! More Fisher Ames on Wikipedia.The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.
[I]f these [new] books ... must be retained, as they will be, should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book?
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.
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