"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
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