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Fisher Ames

b: Dedham, Massachusetts, Apr 9, 1758

d: , Jul 4, 1808

American. Politician. Essayist. Orator. Leader of the Federalist party known for his brilliant oratory skills, was influential in the ratification of the Federal Constitution, served as Boston's representative in the first Federal Congress, and defended Hamilton's financial system against critics.

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A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.

No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.

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