Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris Iwas an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a native of New York City who represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation. Morris was also an author of large sections of the Constitution of the United States and one of its signers. He is widely credited as the author of the document's preamble and closing endorsement, and has been called the "Penman of the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth31 January 1752
CountryUnited States of America
This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.
I anticipate the day when to command respect in the remotest regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American. Our flag shall then wave in glory over the ocean and our commerce feel no restraint but what our own government may impose. Happy thrice happy day. Thank God, to reach this envied state we need only to will. Yes my countrymen. Our destiny depends on our will. But if we would stand high on the record of time that will must be inflexible.