| Ellen Frankel Paul, Howard Dickman - 1989 - 210 lapas
..."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 about economic... | |
| Stephen L. Schechter - 1990 - 478 lapas
...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 Haven, Conn., 1987),... | |
| Jerome B. Agel, Mort Gerberg - 1991 - 68 lapas
...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 first impeacnment trial,... | |
| Christian Liberty Press, Geoffrey Parsons - 2007 - 196 lapas
...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 for the sake of posterity,... | |
| I. Bernard Cohen - 1997 - 378 lapas
...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 the important features of... | |
| Thomas Jefferson, James Madison - 1995 - 730 lapas
.... . . 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 Union. Three weeks... | |
| Jean Edward Smith - 1998 - 788 lapas
...confidence to hear that our councils are confounded. . . . Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best." Madison, in transmitting the draft Constitution to the Continental Congress, wrote that "In all our... | |
| James Campbell - 1999 - 316 lapas
...desperate need for a "general Government." Thus, when Franklin asserts that he accepts the Constitution "because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best" (W9:607-8), he is asserting a kind of democratic fallibilism that anticipates the advance of the common... | |
| William R. Everdell - 2000 - 426 lapas
...Addressing the Convention as it prepared to adjourn, he wrote, "I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best." 24 He knew it would, like a child, take on a history independent of its makers. It was designed, all... | |
| Jeffrey F. Meyer - 2001 - 382 lapas
...the document itself. Even here, Franklin expresses his hope for the ratification of the Constitution "because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best." Hardly a ringing endorsement, yet it probably reflects the feelings of most of the delegates as... | |
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