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

Quote by Fisher Ames

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A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These...

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These...

The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after...

The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after...

No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the...

No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the...

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

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

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

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

Nothing in this world is handed to you. You have to go out and get...

Nothing in this world is handed to you. You have to go out and get...

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -...

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -...

If I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

If I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself;...

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined...

Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined...

I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I...

I think my greatest ambition in life is to pass on to others what I...

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

Ambition is the ecclesiastical lust.

Ambition is the ecclesiastical lust.

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

Females these days really need to search for a man with goals and ambition because...

Females these days really need to search for a man with goals and ambition because...

I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because...

I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because...

Choose only one master - Nature.

Choose only one master - Nature.

Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either...

Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either...

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of...

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.