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“The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.”
 
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Fisher Ames
 
Name:   Fisher Ames
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   Apr 19, 1758
 
Date of Death:   Jul 4,  1808
 
Profession:   Statesman
 
 
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