"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."
--Fisher Ames,
letter to George Richard Minot, 1789
Via Patriot Post.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Fisher Ames
Posted by Lucian Ward at 11:56
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