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

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

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

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

[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

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

The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a love of order, and to impress t…

- 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…

- 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…

- Gouverneur Morris