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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. "
The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical ... - Seite 157
von Benjamin Franklin - 1840
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Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Band 7;Band 15;Band 37

1855 - 660 Seiten
...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 good." Six delegates refused to affix their signatures to the instrument. The convention itself, in its circular...
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Life of Washington

George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1855 - 638 Seiten
...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 wrote not long afterwards ; "There are some things in the new form, I will readily acknowledge,...
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The Republican Court: Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 516 Seiten
...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...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and ...

Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1856 - 654 Seiten
...good sense. In the concluding part of that speech he says, "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 X of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within...
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Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of ...

Massachusetts. Convention - 1856 - 476 Seiten
...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 happiness to the people,...
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The Republican Court: Or, American Society in the Days of Washington

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 466 Seiten
...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...
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The United States and Cuba

James Mursell Phillippo - 1857 - 506 Seiten
...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,...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 Seiten
...consent, Sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that this is not the best. The opinions I Have had of its errors...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...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - 1862 - 564 Seiten
...consent, Sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that this is not the best. The opinions I have had of 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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Lacon in Council

John Frederick Boyes - 1865 - 280 Seiten
...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...
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