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Letter "F" » Fisher Ames Quotes
«No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.»
«The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.»
Author: Fisher Ames
| About:
Ambition,
Choice,
Democracy,
Freedom,
Government,
Ignorance,
Liberty
| Keywords:
ambitious, licentiousness, propensities, propensity
«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.»
Author: Fisher Ames
| Keywords:
conceals, desolation, eruption, fiery, materials, volcano, volcanoes
«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?»
Author: Fisher Ames
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