Rufus Choate
Rufus Choate
Rufus Choatewas an American lawyer, orator, and Congressman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth1 October 1799
CountryUnited States of America
Rufus Choate quotes about
knowledge fame knowledge-is-power
Knowledge is power as well as fame.
government finals ends
The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good.
independence oratory constitution
Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.
equality law numbers
Appropriated to justice, to security, to reason, to restraint; where there is no respect of persons; where will is nothing and power is nothing and numbers are nothing, and all are equal and all secure before the law.
ignorant lawyer bible-study
No lawyer can afford to be ignorant of the Bible.
sarcasm irony argument
Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.