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Quote from Fisher Ames,


"I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It is the stale artifice which has duped the world a thousand times, and yet, though detected, it is still successful. I love liberty as well as anybody. I am proud of it, as the true title of our people to distinction above others; but ... I would guard it by making the laws strong enough to protect it."


By:

Fisher Ames (more quotes by Fisher Ames or books by/about Fisher Ames)


(1758-1808), American statesman, orator and political writer

Source:

letter to George Richard Minot, June 23, 1789

Categories:

Patriotism, Law, Security, Liberty

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