 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 308 trang
...point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of cutting each ether's throats. Thus, I consent, sir, to this constitution, because I expect...this is not the best. The opinions I have had of its error* I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 trang
...he was opposed to salaries. But, in his speech at the close of the convention, he said: "I consent to this constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never... | |
 | Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 trang
...nobody but myself that is always in the right — il riy a que moi qui a totijours raison." .... Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 516 trang
...was not entirely approved by any, but nearly all were willing to say with the venerable Franklin, " The opinions I have had of its errors, I sacrifice to the public good." With the masses, its best recommendation was that it bore the signature of WASHINGTON, of whose transcendent... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1855 - 638 trang
...deference and concession. Dr. Franklin said, in a short speech near the close of the convention; "I consent to this constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good." And Washington... | |
 | 1855 - 662 trang
...remote from the plan than my own." At the close of the convention, Dr. Franklin said : " I consent to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not satisfied that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public... | |
 | Massachusetts. Convention - 1856 - 476 trang
...point of separation — only to meet hereafter for the purpose of cutting one another's throats. Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. Much of the strength and efficiency of any government in procuring and securing... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 466 trang
...was not entirely approved by any, but nearly all were willing to say with the venerable Franklin, " The opinions I have had of its errors, I sacrifice to the public good." With the masses, its best recommendation was that it bore the signature of WASHINGTON, of whose transcendent... | |
 | James Mursell Phillippo - 1857 - 506 trang
...consent to this constitution," said Franklin, "because I expect no better ; and because I am not sure it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good/' Time has confirmed the judgment of the sage. * Slavery is a system that early disfigured their Commonwealth,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1862 - 564 trang
...point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of cutting one another's throats. Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution, because I expect...its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have nevci whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walls they wer« born, and here they shall... | |
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Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. 
