 | Jerome B. Agel, Mort Gerberg - 1991 - 68 trang
...opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but I found to be otherwise ... I consent, Sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best." an independent Tennessee Senator\)he became the subject of the united states first... | |
 | Thomas Gustafson - 1992 - 500 trang
...of the confidence man, stands forth as the model representative of this composing process: "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" (NFC, 654).... | |
 | Christian Liberty Press, Geoffrey Parsons - 2007 - 196 trang
...the more apt I am to doubt my own 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 sure that it is not the best. . . I hope, therefore, that for our own sakes, as a part of the people, and for... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 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. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never... | |
 | I. Bernard Cohen - 1997 - 378 trang
...of which was the importance of adopting "a general Government" at that time, he declared his consent "to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best." Although there is no direct evidence, I believe that for Franklin one of the important... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson, James Madison - 1995 - 730 trang
..."be kept alive . . . until the new one may take its place." Like Benjamin Franklin, who supported the Constitution "because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best,"52 Madison quickly embraced the Constitution designed to create a more perfect... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1998 - 404 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. The Opinions I have had of its Errors, I sacrifice to the Public Good. I have never... | |
 | Richard N. Rosenfeld - 1998 - 1012 trang
...Constitution . . . I agree to this Constitution, with all its Faults, if they are such, because 475 The Opinions I have had of its Errors I sacrifice to the Public Good. I have never whisper'da Syllable of them abroad. Within these Walls they were born, & here they shall die. If every... | |
 | Jean Edward Smith - 1998 - 788 trang
...our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded. . . . Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best." Madison, in transmitting the draft Constitution to the Continental Congress, wrote... | |
 | James Campbell - 1999 - 316 trang
...of their desperate need for a "general Government." Thus, when Franklin asserts that he accepts the Constitution "because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best" (W9:607-8), he is asserting a kind of democratic fallibilism that anticipates the... | |
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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. 
