"A government by the passions of the multitude,……" — Fisher Ames
"A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy."
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29 Quotes by Fisher Ames
Fisher Ames has 29 quotes on this site.
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A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and…
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Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion,…
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The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.
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[Why] should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book? Its morals are pure, its…
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The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and…
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Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the habits of just subordination; it consists, not so…
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We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative…
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The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty.
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I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic…
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I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law.
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Democracy, in its best state, is but the politics of Bedlam; while kept chained, its thoughts are frantic, but when…
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Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism.
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