 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1811 - 190 pages
...the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic goverment, being incapable of any other. I doubt too, whether any other convention we can obtain,...men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you assemble with those men, all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1815 - 336 pages
...people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any <Jt!v r. I doubt too, whether any other convention we can obtain,...men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you assemble with those men, all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...there is no form of government but what may be a blessing, if well administered, and I believe farther, that this is likely to be well administered for a...assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their jsint wisdom, you assemble with those men, all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion,... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic govern, ment, being incapable of any other. I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain...wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejndices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - Statesmen - 1822 - 272 pages
...a number of men, to have the advantage of theirjoint wisdom, you assemble with those men, all the r prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly, can a perfect production be expected? It therefore, astonishes me, sir,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1823 - 310 pages
...the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt too, whether any other convention we can obtain,...men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, vou assemble with those men, all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1825 - 324 pages
...the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? It therefore astonishes me, Sir,... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? It therefore astonishes me, Sir,... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain...opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? It therefore astonishes me, Sir,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 310 pages
...people shall become so corrupted as to need defr potic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt too, whether any other convention we can obtain, may be able to make a belter constitution : for when you assemble a number of men, to have Un advantage of their joint wisdom,... | |
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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 passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. 
