Quote from Fisher Ames 

"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."

Quote by:
Fisher Ames
(1758-1808), American statesman, orator and political writer
Source:
Speech in the United States House of Representatives, April 8, 1789
 
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