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1758

Fisher Ames
in 1758
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1788

Fisher Ames
"The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and ignorant believe to be liberty. "
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1789

Fisher Ames
Pro-Administration Representative from Massachusetts
in 1789
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Fisher Ames
"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. "
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Fisher Ames
"I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It is the stale artifice which has duped the world a thousand times, and yet, though detected, it is still successful. I love liberty as well as anybody. I am proud of it, as the true title of our people to distinction above others; but . . . I would guard it by making the laws strong enough to protect it. "
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