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...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing...

The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.

The truth is an ambition which is beyond us.

Ambition is the ecclesiastical lust.

Ambition is the ecclesiastical lust.

Ambition never comes to an end.

Ambition never comes to an end.

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming...

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming...

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need...

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen...

The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice creates a dry rot which eats away...

The discrepancy between American ideals and American practice creates a dry rot which eats away...

We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a...

We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a...

As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I...

As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I...

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring,...

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring,...

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.