 | Hamilton Wright Mabie - 1896 - 750 Seiten
...Franklin delivered in the assembly, he thus expressed himself: " I consent, sir. to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure...had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I hope, therefore, for our own sakes, as a part of the people, and for the sake of posterity, we shall... | |
 | 1896 - 752 Seiten
...Franklin delivered in the assembly, he thus expressed himself: " I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure...had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I hope, therefore, for our own sakes, as a part of the people, and for the sake of posterity, we shall... | |
 | 1897 - 976 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1898 - 430 Seiten
...It astonishes me to find this system approaching so near perfection. I consent to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the Convention who may still... | |
 | Edward Robins - 1898 - 444 Seiten
...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." It was the... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1899 - 464 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Ellen Frankel Paul, Howard Dickman - 1989 - 210 Seiten
..."for a course of years." (MN at 739) As Franklin put the matter, "I consent. . .to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best." (MN at 740) In the Federalist, the authors did not indulge in extensive speculations... | |
 | Calvin C. Jillson - 2007 - 262 Seiten
...approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. . . . 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 cannot... | |
 | Winton U. Solberg - 1990 - 548 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Stephen L. Schechter - 1990 - 478 Seiten
...as it does; and I think it will astonish our enemies. . . . Thus I consent, Sir, to the Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best. Max Farrand, ed., Records of the Federal Convention 0/1787, rev. ed., 4 vols. (New... | |
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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. 
