Fisher Ames

Man is by nature a political animal.

Man is by nature a political animal.

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

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

[I]f these [new] books ... must be retained, as they will be, should not the Bible regain the place it read more

[I]f these [new] books ... must be retained, as they will be, should not the Bible regain the place it once held as a school book?

I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober,
second thought of the people shall be law.

I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober,
second thought of the people shall be law.

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

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