Constitution Quote by Fisher Ames
![“[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism.” quote by Fisher Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8f1/fisher-ames-19639_constitution_the-framers-of-the-constitution-intended_2570843.jpg)
“[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism.”
“[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism.”
![“[O]ur sages in the great [constitutional] convention... intended our government should be a republic which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism. The rigours of a despotism often... oppress only a few, but it is the very essence and nature of a democracy, for a…” quote by Fisher Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/76a/fisher-ames-19639_chiefs_o-ur-sages-in-the-great-constitutional-c_1555181.jpg)
![“[Why] should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book? Its morals are pure, its examples captivating and noble. The reverence for the Sacred Book that is thus early impressed lasts long; and probably if not impressed in infancy, never takes firm hold of the mind.” quote by Fisher Ames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ef1/fisher-ames-19639_bible_why-should-not-the-bible-regain-the-plac_1033233.jpg)
![“Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?], any man might instantly use what another had invented; so that the inventor had no special advantage from his own invention. The patent system changed this…” quote by Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/449/abraham-lincoln-88_adoption_next-came-the-patent-laws-these-began-in_1828.jpg)
