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Rufus Choate

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American politician (1799–1859)

Person · Open Library

Born
1799
Died
1859
Works
35

Top works

  • Speech of Mr. Choate, of Massachusetts, on the case of Alexander McLeod
  • Circuit Court of the United States - District of New Jersey H.H. Day, ads. Charles Goodyear
  • Speech of Mr. Choate, of Massachusetts, on the bill to provide further remedial justice in the courts of the United States
  • Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives upon the petition of George R.M. Withington and others
  • The duty of conservative Whigs in the present crisis

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Type
Person
Country
US

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Quotes

  • We have built no national temples but the Capitol; we consult no common oracle but the Constitution.
  • The courage of New England was the "courage of conscience." It did not rise to that insane and awful passion, the love of war for itself.
  • The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good.
  • 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.
  • All that happens in the world of Nature or Man, — every war; every peace; every hour of prosperity; every hour of adversity; every election; every death ; every life; every success and every failure, — all change, — all permanence, — the perished leaf; the unutterable glory of stars, — all things speak truth to the thoughtful spirit.
  • Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Rufus
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Ipswich
Place of death
Halifax
Occupation
writer
Political party
Whig Party
Languages spoken
English language
Image
RufusChoate.jpg
Work location
Boston
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writing language
English language
place of burial
Mount Auburn Cemetery
date of birth
1799-01-01
Commons category
Rufus Choate
date of death
1859-01-01
name in native language
Rufus Choate
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