“It is my contention that no other invention of man has brought greater chaos to humanity than the practice of religion.” MenHumanityPracticeGreaterChaosInventionContention Author:Paul Winchell
“As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.” ResponsibilitySpecialSensitiveItalianStereotypeItalian AmericanEthnic Stereotypes Author:Al D'Amato
“In adopting the republican form of government, I not only took it as a man does his wife, for better, for worse, but, what few men do with their wives, I took it knowing all its bad qualities.” MenDoeGovernmentFormQualityKnowingWifeRepublicanForms Of GovernmentAdoptingBad Qualities Author:Gouverneur Morris
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” PeopleStatesAmericaFormOrderJusticePerfectUnitedCommonLibertyUnited StatesBlessingConstitutionUnionsDefenseSecureWelfareUnited States Of AmericaTranquilityPosterityConstitution Of The United StatesUs ConstitutionGeneral WelfarePreambleCommon DefenseDomestic Tranquility Author:Gouverneur Morris
“Religion is the only solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God. These duties are, internally, love and adoration: externally, devotion and obedience; therefore provision should be made for maintaining divine worship as well as education. But each one has a right to entire liberty as to religious opinions, for religion is the relation between God and man; therefore it is not within the reach of human authority.” MenShouldHumansWellsMadeReligiousLibertyMoralOpinionTeachDivineDutyAuthorityWorshipBasesRelationDevotionObedienceMaintainingProvisionAdorationGood Moral Author:Gouverneur Morris
“I look forward serenely to the course of events, confident that the Fountain of supreme wisdom and virtue will provide for the happiness of his creatures... Whenever the present storm subsides, I shall rush with eagerness into the bosom of private life, but while it continues, and while my country calls for the exertion of that little share of abilities, which it has pleased God to bestow on me, I hold it my indispensable duty to give myself to her.” GivingLooksLittlesCountryCoursesAbilityVirtueShareEventsDutyCreaturesStormSupremeIndispensableFountainPrivate LifeBosomsExertionEagerness Author:Gouverneur Morris
“If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation.” PeopleIfsMenShouldCharacterMightSpeakFailingReputationDistinguishedRecyclingContinental Author:Gouverneur Morris
“The rich will strive to establish their dominion and enslave the rest. They always did...they always will. They will have the same effect here as elsewhere, if we do not, by the power of government, keep them in their proper spheres.” IfsGovernmentPoliticalPowerRichEffectsPoliticianStriveSpheresElsewhereDominionEnslavementFounding Fathers DemocracyCentral Banking Author:Gouverneur Morris
“There must be religion. When that ligament is torn, society is disjointed and its members perish... [T]he most important of all lessons is the denunciation of ruin to every state that rejects the precepts of religion.” ImportantStatesLessonsMembersRuinsRejectsTorn Author:Gouverneur Morris
“I left hating the game of football…I never ever wanted to play football after that and I kind of rode off into the sunset.” KindPlayWantedHateGamesLeftFootballSunset Author:Randall Cunningham