...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,...

...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...them abroad. Within these walls they were born, and hero they shall die. If every one of us, in returning to his oonstituenta, were to report the objections...

...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...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...

...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...

...gospel, might, as patriots, adopt the words of Benjamin Franklin on another subject: " The opinion I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good; within these walls they were born, and here they shall die." It may not be here out of place to say...

...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...

...doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better Constitution. . . . The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice...these walls they were born, and here they shall die. . . . On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of this convention, who...

...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...

...because I expect no better, and because I am not sure it is not the best. The opinions I have held of its errors, I sacrifice to the public good. I have...these walls they were born and here they shall die." Washington approved it and that secured it many friends. The citizens of the United States were far...

...opinion of it : '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's opinion was exactly the same. ' In the aggregate,' he said, ' it is the best constitution...