Quote#Politics & Power
There was a state without king or nobles; there was a church without…
Quote byRufus Choate · 1799–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech before the New England Society (22 December 1843).
English (original)
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.
— Rufus Choate
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