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… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
By 18th century standards, they [Great Britain] were the freest, most dynamic, most willing to challenge tradition and authority. They had the highest wages and highest living standard, and probably the most engagement between the populace and the government of any country. Then the United States took those same qualities to the nth degree, and the British were suddenly appeared… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share
I find her [Frances Trollope] simply delightful, even in her prejudices and cantankerousness. It is a gift to an author to find a funny,… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
I think it was the occasion of the final psychological break with Great Britain, in a way that had clearly not happened to that… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
For just a few dollars registration, you got temporary possession of a good piece of land. Live on it for five years, build a… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
The kind of precision manufacturing epitomized in the armories, while it was important, was only a small share of the economy until quite late… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
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. I wasn't pretending to be a China expert in that final chapter. I was just pointing, first to the parallels between Chinese behavior toward us and ours toward GB when we were at the same stage… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share
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… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
Military power tends to be a function of economic power, and the British Navy was the essential capability for establishing the imperial sway -… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
“In raw markets, the scent of money deadens all other sensory and ethical organs.” — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
The Transcontinental Railroad Act is the first step in creating a continental common market. — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
The evolution was always to greater scale and speed. Other countries did that here and there - GB in textiles, Germany in steel -… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
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… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
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