 | Theodore Dreiser - 1987 - 1168 Seiten
...only to meet 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... | |
 | Calvin C. Jillson - 2007 - 262 Seiten
...at present 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. ...... | |
 | Ellen Frankel Paul, Howard Dickman - 1989 - 210 Seiten
...convention or "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... | |
 | Stephen L. Schechter - 1990 - 478 Seiten
...near to perfection 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.... | |
 | Winton U. Solberg - 1990 - 548 Seiten
...only to meet 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... | |
 | Jerome B. Agel, Mort Gerberg - 1991 - 68 Seiten
...important subjects, which I once thought right, but I found to be otherwise ... I consent, Sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best." an independent Tennessee Senator\)he became the subject of the united states... | |
 | Christian Liberty Press, Geoffrey Parsons - 2007 - 196 Seiten
...doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. . . I hope, therefore, that for our own sakes, as a part of the people, and... | |
 | Various - 1994 - 676 Seiten
...only to meet 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... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson, James Madison - 1995 - 730 Seiten
...not "be kept alive . . . until the new one may take its place." Like Benjamin Franklin, who supported the Constitution "because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best,"52 Madison quickly embraced the Constitution designed to create a more perfect... | |
 | I. Bernard Cohen - 1997 - 378 Seiten
...was the importance of adopting "a general Government" at that time, he declared his consent "to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best." Although there is no direct evidence, I believe that for Franklin one of... | |
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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. 
