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Fisher Ames Quotes
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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
Become
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Language
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Bible
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.
Fisher Ames
Democracy
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Liberty
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Ignorant
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
Democracy
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Carry
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Fiery
The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.
Fisher Ames
Mind
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After
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Old
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Biography
Nationality:
American
Type:
Statesman
Born:
April 19
, 1758
Died:
July 4
, 1808
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