I anticipate the day when to command respect in the remotest regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American. Our flag shall then wave in glory over the ocean and our commerce feel no restraint but what our own government may impose. Happy thrice happy day. Thank God, to reach this envied state we need only to will. Yes my countrymen. Our destiny depends on our will. But if we would stand high on the record of time that will must be inflexible.
There must be religion. When that ligament is torn, society is disjointed and its members perish... [T]he most important of all lessons is the denunc… - Gouverneur Morris
There must be religion. When that ligament is torn, society is disjointed and its members perish... [T]he most important of all lessons is the denunc…
- Gouverneur Morris
[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. I believe that religion is the… - Gouverneur Morris
[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. I believe that religion is the…
The rich will strive to establish their dominion and enslave the rest. They always did...they always will. They will have the same effect here as els… - Gouverneur Morris
The rich will strive to establish their dominion and enslave the rest. They always did...they always will. They will have the same effect here as els…
In adopting the republican form of government, I not only took it as a man does his wife, for better, for worse, but, what few men do with their wive… - Gouverneur Morris
In adopting the republican form of government, I not only took it as a man does his wife, for better, for worse, but, what few men do with their wive…
I anticipate the day when to command respect in the remotest regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American. Our flag shall then wave in glory… - Gouverneur Morris
I anticipate the day when to command respect in the remotest regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American. Our flag shall then wave in glory…
I look forward serenely to the course of events, confident that the Fountain of supreme wisdom and virtue will provide for the happiness of his creat… - Gouverneur Morris
I look forward serenely to the course of events, confident that the Fountain of supreme wisdom and virtue will provide for the happiness of his creat…
Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God. - Gouverneur Morris
Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God.
Give the vote to the people who have no property, and they will sell them to the rich, who will be able to buy them. - Gouverneur Morris
Give the vote to the people who have no property, and they will sell them to the rich, who will be able to buy them.
Nine-tenths of the people are at present freeholders... The time is not distant when this country will abound with mechanics and manufacturers who wi… - Gouverneur Morris
Nine-tenths of the people are at present freeholders... The time is not distant when this country will abound with mechanics and manufacturers who wi…
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