We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we are here to talk of the political interests committed to our charge.
A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, … - Fisher Ames
A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, …
- Fisher Ames
No man can be a sound lawyer in this land who is not well read in the ethics of Moses and the virtues of Jesus. - Fisher Ames
No man can be a sound lawyer in this land who is not well read in the ethics of Moses and the virtues of Jesus.
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. - Fisher Ames
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.
A large portion of our citizens, who will not believe, even on the evidence of facts, that any public evils exist, or are impending. They deride the … - Fisher Ames
A large portion of our citizens, who will not believe, even on the evidence of facts, that any public evils exist, or are impending. They deride the …
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. - Fisher Ames
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.
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty. - Fisher Ames
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty.
The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people. - Fisher Ames
The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.
The people as a body cannot deliberate. Nevertheless, they will feel an irresistible impulse to act, and their resolutions will be dictated to them b… - Fisher Ames
The people as a body cannot deliberate. Nevertheless, they will feel an irresistible impulse to act, and their resolutions will be dictated to them b…
Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on th… - Fisher Ames
Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on th…
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