John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
3064 Mathew Henry 1662-1714 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 3064 |
| AUTHOR: | Mathew Henry (1662–1714) |
| QUOTATION: | To their own second thoughts. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Commentaries. Job vi. |
| Note 1. I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober second thought of the people shall be law.—Fisher Ames: On Biennial Elections, 1788. [back] |