Constitutional convention Quote by Benjamin Franklin Download Open image “Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended” — Benjamin Franklin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Constitutional convention Conventions Freedom Halls Independence Wisdom
Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“the last day of the Convention, September 17, 1787, the date the Constitution was signed,” — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“On the first day of the meeting that would become known as the United States Constitutional Convention, Edmund Randolph of Virginia kicked off the… — William Hogeland Copy Share Image
If the States were not left to leave the Union when their rights were interfered with, the government would have been National, but the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
“Our forefathers bequeathed to us far more than a republic. They willed to us an enduring Constitution that incorporates more thought and brainpower than… — James D. Best Copy Share Image
“Let this constitution go forth from this convention, and from the new state, a model instrument of liberal and enlightened principles.” — H.W. Brands Copy Share Image
“In 1787, Benjamin Franklin was supposedly asked what would emerge from the Constitutional Convention being held in Philadelphia. “A republic,” Franklin answered, “if you… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
The secret knowledge is there's nobody home but us chickens. The Constitution was written by a bunch of regular guys who tried to get… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Our Declaration of Independence was the start of a conversation about how to achieve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for every citizen.… — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws ought to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the Constitution is… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
But as the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Flowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
[James] Madison pointed out in the discussion of the constitutional debates - the constitutional convention - that democracy would be a danger. He used… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“In framing that great document which Gladstone declared ‘the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
No morn ever dawned more favorable than ours did; and no day was every more clouded than the present! Wisdom, and good examples are… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Treason the only crime defined in the Constitution. Tyranny as under the Stuart and Tudor kings characterized by the elimination of political dissent under… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War. — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders of Babel:… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“By their actions, the Founding Fathers made clear that their primary concern was religious freedom, not the advancement of a state religion. Individuals, not… — Franklin T. Lambert Copy Share Image
“ Alexander Hamilton Junior High School -- SEMESTER REPORT -- STUDENT: Joseph Margolis TEACHER: Janet Hicks ENGLISH: A, ARITHMETIC: A, SOCIAL STUDIES: A, SCIENCE:… — Steve Kluger Copy Share Image
I consider the difference between a system founded on the legislatures only, and one founded on the people, to be the true difference between… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“The delegates to the Constitutional Convention were adamant that impeachment not reach to errors of judgment, or what Edmund Randolph described as “a willful… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
The deliberate union of so great and various a people in such a place, is without all partiality or prejudice, if not the greatest… — John Adams Copy Share Image
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