 | George W. Liebmann - 1997 - 252 Seiten
...basis of liberty, which, in Franklin's words, "can only end in Despotism when the people shall have become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other."24 THE RATIFIERS The debates of the ratifying conventions, like those of the constitutional... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 920 Seiten
...blessing to the people if well administered; and I helieve, further, that this is likely to he well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done hefore it, when the people shall hecome so corrupted as to need despotic government, heing incapable... | |
 | Dee Hock - 1999 - 345 Seiten
...is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered. . . . [It] can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. —... | |
 | Tedd Adamovich - 2000 - 236 Seiten
...Bastiat "I agree to this Constitution . . . And I believe, further, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end...despotic government, being incapable of any other. ". . .Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious they have... | |
 | Robert T. Radford - 2002 - 142 Seiten
...he a Blessing to the People if well adminisiered; and I believe fanher that this is hkely to be well administered for a Course of Years, and can only end in Despotism as other Forms have done hefore it, when the People shall hecome so corrupted as to need Despotic Govemment, heing incapahle... | |
 | Sondra Myers - 2002 - 303 Seiten
...asked for their unanimous support of the US Constitution in 1787, that a constitutional government "can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall have become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other." Communities,... | |
 | Hilaire Dubourcq - 2004 - 192 Seiten
...Blessing to the People, if well administered; and I believe, farther, that this is likely to be well administered for a Course of Years, and can only end...have done before it, when the People shall become so corrupt'd as to need despotic Government, being incapable of any other. I doubt, too, whether any other... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 381 Seiten
...a Blessing to the People if well administered; and I helieve farther that this is likch to he well administered for a Course of Years, and can only End in Despotism as other Forms have done hefore it, when the People shall hecome so corrupted as to need Despotic Governmem, heing incapahle... | |
 | John R. Vile - 2005 - 1009 Seiten
...be a blessing to the people if well administered, and believe rather that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end...despotic Government, being incapable of any other. (II, 642) Franklin thought it unrealistic to anticipate a perfect document: For when you assemble a... | |
 | Kristin Eck - 2005 - 48 Seiten
...Constitution with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us ... I doubt too whether any other Convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better Constitution." Taking Sides Get Graphic Picture this! A seven-page document is printed and circulated in America.... | |
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Government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered; and believe further, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other... 
