 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 446 Seiten
...assemhle a Numher of Men, to have the Advamage of their joint Wisdom, you inevitahly assemhle wtth those Men all their Prejudices, their Passions, their Errors of Opinion, their local Iuterests, and their selfish Views. From such an Assemhh can a perfect Production he espected? It therefore... | |
 | Janet Benge, Geoff Benge - 2005 - 214 Seiten
...forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt, too, whether...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, Sir,... | |
 | Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 514 Seiten
...forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt too whether...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, Sir,... | |
 | Stacy Schiff - 2005 - 540 Seiten
...silence.* At a later and equally critical date, Franklin was perfectly philosophical on the subject: "For when you assemble a number of men to have the...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views." Formal negotiations resumed on October 30 and continued over the next week, at a vigorous pace... | |
 | Mitchell Meltzer - 2005 - 216 Seiten
...there is no form of Government hut what may he a blessing to the people if well administered. . . . For when you assemble a number of men to have the...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, Sir,... | |
 | H. W. Farwell - 2004 - 142 Seiten
...more apt I am to doubt my own judgment and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. ... I doubt whether any other convention we can obtain may be...men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you invariably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their... | |
 | Kristin Eck - 2005 - 52 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.... | |
 | Paul Zall - 2005 - 216 Seiten
...the speech aloud, Franklin called compromise the cost of living with human nature controlled by men's "Prejudices, their Passions, their Errors of Opinion, their local Interests, and their selfish Views."23 In that speech, Franklin could still draw upon the old-time pleasantry and mirth to cool... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2006 - 317 Seiten
...Forms have done before it, when the People shall become so corrupted as to need Despotic Government, being incapable of any other. I doubt too whether...Opinion, their local Interests, and their selfish Views. From such an Assembly can a perfect Production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, Sir,... | |
 | Norman Schofield - 2006 - 3 Seiten
...forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic Government, being incapable of any other. I doubt too whether...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, Sir,... | |
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I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain may be able to make a better constitution ; for when you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their... 
