Fisher Ames Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

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

by:	Fisher Ames (1758-1808), American statesman, orator and political writer
Source:	Speech in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, January 15, 1788
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Categories:	Democracy, Ambition, Ignorance
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