Fisher Ames Quote

A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy.


Works of Fisher Ames (ed. 1809)


A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy.

A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy.

A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy.

A government by the passions of the multitude, or, no less correctly, according to the vices, and ambitions of their leaders is a democracy.