Rufus Choate Quote

There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave magistrates which it had selected, and by equal laws which it had framed.

Speech before the New England Society (22 December 1843)

There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave magistrates which it had...

There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave magistrates which it had...

There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave magistrates which it had...

There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without a bishop; there was a people governed by grave magistrates which it had...