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Fisher Ames Quotes

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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Type:
Statesman Quotes
Category:
American Statesman Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 19, 1758
Date of Death:
July 4, 1808
Nationality:
American
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