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> [merica was middle-class for the very start - the people who came first were hyper-strivers from England. There were no vested interests, no ranks, no classes, it was very lightly populated, there were unlimited natural resources - for free essentially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/merica-was-middle-class-for-the-very-start-the-people-who-came-first/)

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## More by Charles R. Morris

> [ By 18th century standards, they \[Great Britain\] were the freest, most dynamic, most willing to challenge tradition and authority. They had the highest wages… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/by-18th-century-standards-they-great-britain-were-the-freest-most/)

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> [ I find her \[Frances Trollope\] simply delightful, even in her prejudices and cantankerousness. It is a gift to an author to find a funny,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/i-find-her-frances-trollope-simply-delightful-even-in-her-prejudices/)

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> [I think it was the occasion of the final psychological break with Great Britain, in a way that had clearly not happened to that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/i-think-it-was-the-occasion-of-the-final-psychological-break-with/)

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> [For just a few dollars registration, you got temporary possession of a good piece of land. Live on it for five years, build a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/for-just-a-few-dollars-registration-you-got-temporary-possession-of-a/)

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> [The kind of precision manufacturing epitomized in the armories, while it was important, was only a small share of the economy until quite late…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/the-kind-of-precision-manufacturing-epitomized-in-the-armories-while/)

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> [I've been in China enough to know that you shouldn't opine on it unless you speak Chinese and have lived there for twenty years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/i-ve-been-in-china-enough-to-know-that-you-shouldn-t-opine-on-it/)

[Charles R. Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-r-morris/)

> [It's clear that North took some original steps in that direction, but Hall probably had the most complete approach and should get the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/it-s-clear-that-north-took-some-original-steps-in-that-direction-but/)

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> [Military power tends to be a function of economic power, and the British Navy was the essential capability for establishing the imperial sway -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/military-power-tends-to-be-a-function-of-economic-power-and-the/)

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> [“In raw markets, the scent of money deadens all other sensory and ethical organs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/in-raw-markets-the-scent-of-money-deadens-all-other-sensory-and/)

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> [The Transcontinental Railroad Act is the first step in creating a continental common market.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/the-transcontinental-railroad-act-is-the-first-step-in-creating-a/)

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> [The evolution was always to greater scale and speed. Other countries did that here and there - GB in textiles, Germany in steel -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/the-evolution-was-always-to-greater-scale-and-speed-other-countries/)

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> [It may not be replicable: One of the hardest transition that a developing country can make is the transition to middle-class status. Governments have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/it-may-not-be-replicable-one-of-the-hardest-transition-that-a/)

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> [Credit is the air that financial markets breathe, and when the air is poisoned, there's no place to hide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/credit-is-the-air-that-financial-markets-breathe-and-when-the-air-is/)

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> [merica was middle-class for the very start - the people who came first were hyper-strivers from England. There were no vested interests, no ranks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/merica-was-middle-class-for-the-very-start-the-people-who-came-first/)

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> [No specific technology. My guess is that it was the instinct always to go to maximum scale. Great Britain kept much more of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-morris/no-specific-technology-my-guess-is-that-it-was-the-instinct-always-to/)

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