...as possible. "Thus I consent, Sir," said Benjamin Franklin in his speech to the convention of 1787, "to this constitution, because I expect no better,...because I am not sure that it is not the best." The federal government was created to unify the states, to regulate interstate commerce, and to represent...

...as possible. "Thus, I consent, sir," said Benjamin Franklin in his speech to the Convention of 1787, "to this Constitution, because I expect no better,...and because I am not sure that it is not the best." whole. The wording in the Constitution concerning the powers of the Federal Government seems to be...

...Separation, 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...Errors, I sacrifice to the Public Good. I have never whisper 'da Syllable of them abroad. Within these Walls they were born, & here they shall die. If everv...

...do not 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...its errors, I sacrifice to the public good. ... I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the Convention who may still have objections to...

...proposed by another convention or "for a course of years." (MN at 739) As Franklin put the matter, "I consent. . .to this Constitution because I expect...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...

...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. (New Haven, Conn., 1987),...

...on 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 first impeacnment trial,...

...confidence man, stands forth as the model representative of this composing process: "Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and...had of its errors, I sacrifice to the public good" (NFC, 654). When it came to the problem of interpreting their own work, the framers understood that...

...am to 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 for the sake of posterity,...

...chief of which was the importance of adopting "a general Government" at that time, he declared his consent "to this Constitution, because I expect no...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...