"Should not the Bible regain the place it……" — Fisher Ames
"Should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a schoolbook? Its morals are pure, its examples are captivating and noble....In no Book is there so good English, so pure and so elegant, and by teaching all the same they will speak alike, and the Bible will justly remain the standard of language as well as of faith."
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Fisher Ames
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29 Quotes by Fisher Ames
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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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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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