The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty. -Fisher Ames

 

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.


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The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.

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The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.

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