Chief
Clan Chief: The 13th Earl of Wemyss and the 9th Earl of March, who is also Viscount of Peebles, Lord Wemyss of Elcho, Lord Elcho and Methel, Lord Douglas of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard, Baron Wemyss, Baron Douglas of Amesbury
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“These are our grievances which we have thus laid before his majesty with that freedom of language and sentiment which becomes a free people, claiming their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“Thus your fathers were made
Fellow citizens of the saints, of the household of GOD, being built upon the foundation
Of apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself the chief cornerstone.
But you, have you built well, that you now sit helpless in a ruined house?”
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“He is no more than the chief officer of the people, appointed by the laws, and circumscribed with definite powers, to assist in working the great machine of government erected for their use, and consequently subject to their superintendence.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)