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)

Rufus Choate Quotes

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...