Rufus Choate Quotes
We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the flag and keep step to the music of the Union.
Rufus Choate, 1779-1859, U. S. Congressman & U.S. Senator (Whig, MA), Letter to Whig Convention, Worcester, MA, October 1, 1855
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Rufus Choate was an American lawyer, orator, and Congressman.
