"[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy……" — 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 only solid base of morals and that morals are the only possible support of free governments. [T]herefore education should teach the precepts of religion and the duties of man towards God."
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Gouverneur Morris
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13 Quotes by Gouverneur Morris
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Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.
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In adopting the republican form of government, I not only took it as a man does his wife, for better,…
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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,…
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Religion is the only solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties…
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I look forward serenely to the course of events, confident that the Fountain of supreme wisdom and virtue will provide…
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If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man,…
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There must be religion. When that ligament is torn, society is disjointed and its members perish... [T]he most important of…
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He asks how the evil is to be remedied. I tell him that there seems to be little chance for…
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The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them…
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This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.
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Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of…
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Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people…
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.
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Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.
— Jeremy Bentham
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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
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Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle…
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Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law;…
— Louis D. Brandeis
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Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.
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If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.
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