"The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away."
— Fisher Ames

January 1, 1970

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Lawyers from the United StatesMembers of the United States House of RepresentativesPoliticians from MassachusettsHarvard University alumniFederalist Party (United States) politicians
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Reported in Memoirs of Theophilus Parsons (1859). Ames is reported to have said this while opposing Parsons as counsel in a legal case.