“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.”
~Gouverneur Morris

American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution, Gouverneur Morris was born on this day in 1752.