 | Scott L. Pratt - 2002 - 342 lapas
...willingness to acknowledge one's own limitations. "Thus I consent," he says, "to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best" (Franklin 1987, 1140). that at once acknowledges and engages the beliefs of others while still recognizing... | |
 | Duncan Watts - 2005 - 292 lapas
...do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them'. Acceptance was justified because 'I expect no better and because I am not sure that it is not the best'. It was in theory desirable for every state to ratify (give formal approval to) the new document, but... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 607 lapas
...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. He concluded by pleading that, "for the sake of our posterity, we shall act heartily and unanimously."... | |
 | Edwin S. Gaustad - 2004 - 145 lapas
...perfection as they did. "Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution," Wilson declared on Franklin's behalf, "because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best." It was the flaw of mankind, especially in religion, Franklin noted, to consider its own judgments as... | |
 | Brenda Haugen, Andrew Santella - 2005 - 122 lapas
...subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. 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 US Constitution was approved and signed by Franklin and the other members of the convention on September... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 lapas
...but no one should expect perfection. "Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution," Franklin declared, "because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best." Franklin also urged each member to "doubt a little of his own infallibility, and to make manifest our... | |
 | A. A. Sorensen - 2005 - 404 lapas
...respect to the judgment of others. Thus I consent to this Constitution, even though it is not perfect, because I expect no better and because I am not sure that it is not the best." Franklin did not directly contribute to the Constitution, but without the weight of his prestige and... | |
 | Mitchell Meltzer - 2005 - 216 lapas
...method, a positive statement arising from a combination of negations: "I consent ... to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best." And thus he concludes: On the whole, Sir, I can not help expressing a wish that every member of the... | |
 | Stan-Joseph Jennings - 2005 - 191 lapas
...other, what would you have? Easy. My father's pants. 39. "Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best," Ben Franklin. 40. The power of suggestion: A farmer had in his barn stall a mule in one stall and,... | |
 | Brenda Haugen, Andrew Santella - 2005 - 118 lapas
...subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. 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 US Constitution was approved and signed by Franklin and the other members of the convention on September... | |
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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. 
