Gouverneur Morris - Bill of Rights Institute
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The people are the king. 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. Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments. “Slavery is the curse of heaven on the States where it prevails.” – 1787 “In adopting a republican form of government, I not only took it as man does his wife, for better, for worse, but what few men do with their wives, I took it knowing all its bad qualities.” – 1803 “The people are the king. 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. Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.” “This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.” “If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation.”
“Slavery is the curse of heaven on the States where it prevails.” – 1787
“In adopting a republican form of government, I not only took it as man does his wife, for better, for worse, but what few men do with their wives, I took it knowing all its bad qualities.” – 1803
“The people are the king. 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. Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.”
“This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.”
“If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation.”
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