I read in American Minute by Bill Federer where a congressman who helped ratify the United States constitution, Fisher Ames, way back in 1789 said that our republic was like, “a raft that would never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.” He also said, “A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction.” He then elaborated on the dangers to American liberty . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/index.php/2020/09/a-raft-that-will-never-sink/