Quotes of Fisher Ames - somelinesforyou

“ A monarchy is a merchantman, which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom, whilst a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in water. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- Fisher Ames

“ We obey the laws of society because they are the laws of virtue. ”

- Fisher Ames

“ The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away. ”

- Fisher Ames

“ A monarchy is a merchantman, which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom, whilst a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in water. ”

- Fisher Ames

“ We obey the laws of society because they are the laws of virtue. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- Fisher Ames

“ The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- Fisher Ames

“ Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny. ”

- Fisher Ames

“ A monarchy is a merchantman, which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom, whilst a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in water. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- Fisher Ames

“ A monarchy is a merchantman, which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom, whilst a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in water. ”

- Fisher Ames

“ A monarchy is a merchantman, which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom, whilst a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in water. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- 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. ”

- Fisher Ames

“ The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty. ”

- Fisher Ames

“ The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty. ”

- Fisher Ames

“ The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty. ”

- Fisher Ames
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