The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.
Fisher AmesA monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.
Fisher AmesThe gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.
Fisher Ames