“Virginia was in fact a landowning aristocracy, without nobility or merchant class, or any considerable small peasant farming class; and the other Southern colonies, except North Carolina, were on the whole similar to Virginia in these respects.” WholeFactsClassSouthernNobilityFarmingPeasantsVirginiaAristocracyMerchantsColonyCarolinaNorth Carolina Author:Carl L. Becker
“No class of Americans, so far as I know, has ever objected . . . to any amount of governmental meddling if it appeared to benefit that particular class.” IfsKnowsClassParticularAmountBenefitsMeddling Book:Freedom and Responsibility in the American Way of Life Source: Freedom and Responsibility in the American Way of Life
