Fisher Ames

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.

Man is by nature a political animal.

Man is by nature a political animal.

[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?

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

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.