Quotes by Gouverneur Morris
1752 – 1816
Morris was a lawyer and diplomat during the American Revolution and early years of the Republic. He was supporter of a strong, centralized government which would be dominated by those well-born. He served as Minster to France 1792-94 and the diaries he kept of this period are a useful historical record of the time.
Politics & Liberty
Gouverneur Morris on the proper balance between commerce, private property, and political liberty (1776)