“All of the Founders of this country... were well steeped in the history of the ancient world. ...[T]hey were very concerned about the rabble... about people being inflamed, and making bad decisions, and ruining this idea they had. ...In many places you weren't allowed to vote if you were just a wage earner. The theory, and this came out of the horrible {{w|Patroon}} system of the Dutch in Hudson Valley, where ordinary people would be told by their boss, who to vote for. But if you were a {{w|freeholder}} no one could tell you what to do.”