Fisher Ames Quotes

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

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

Type: Statesman Quotes Category: American Statesman Quotes Date of Birth: April 19, 1758 Date of Death: July 4, 1808 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Fisher Ames Related Authors: Colin Powell Daniel Webster Henry Clay George Mason John C. Calhoun Madeleine Albright Condoleezza Rice Dean Acheson Morning Star	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 The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away. Fisher Ames The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty. Fisher Ames