 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1903 - 458 trang
...many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right,...found to be otherwise. It is therefore that, the older J grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects... | |
 | Thomas Francis Moran - 1904 - 580 trang
...many instances of being obliged by better information, or future consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right,...judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others." He said that most men and most religious sects thought themselves to be in possession of all... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1989 - 1322 trang
...experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration to change opinions, even on important subjects which I once thought right,...judgment and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. I have been trying to say that for 2 days now, Senator, but this gentleman from Chicago called... | |
 | Winton U. Solberg - 1990 - 548 trang
...many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right,...judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men indeed as well as most sects in Religion, think themselves in possession of all truth,... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 trang
...many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, speech in the Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 17,... | |
 | Christian Liberty Press, Geoffrey Parsons - 2007 - 196 trang
...many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right...judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 trang
...many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change my opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right,...I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all... | |
 | Sacvan Bercovitch, Cyrus R. K. Patell - 1997 - 846 trang
...Convention on September 1 7th, "I have experienced many instances of being obliged ... to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right,...grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment." The point of this comment is to encourage his divided colleagues to settle for an "apparent unanimity"... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 trang
...many Instances of being oblig'd, by better Information or fuller Consideration, to change Opinions even on important Subjects, which I once thought right,...Judgment and to pay more Respect to the Judgment of others. Most Men indeed as well as most Sects in Religion, think themselves in Possession of all Truth,... | |
 | Jean Edward Smith - 1998 - 788 trang
...It fell to Benjamin Franklin and James Madison to put the work of the convention into perspective. "The older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment," said the octogenarian Franklin. Not only was he astonished that a constitution that was the product... | |
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For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older... 
