Fisher Ames Quote

We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we are here to talk of the political interests committed to our charge.

Speeches of Fisher Ames in Congress, 1789-1796 (ed. 1871)

We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we are here to talk of the...

We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we are here to talk of the...

We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we are here to talk of the...

We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we are here to talk of the...