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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."


By:

Fisher Ames (more quotes by Fisher Ames or books by/about Fisher Ames)


(1758-1808), American statesman, orator and political writer

Source:

Speech in the United States House of Representatives, April 8, 1789

Categories:

Congress

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