 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...I am not sure that this is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors 13 4 I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable...partisans in support of them, we might prevent its Tjeing generally received, and thereby lose all the salutary effects and great advantages resulting... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...because I am not sure that this is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable...objections he has had to it, and endeavour to gain .. . ^ . r .., , .._ — I0J.. j/^.v.Jll Us being generally received, and thereby lose all the salutary... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - Statesmen - 1835 - 262 pages
...not sure that this is not the best The opinions I have had of its errors, I sacrifice to the pub lie good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad...being generally received, and thereby lose all the great advantages resulting naturally in our favour among foreign nations, as well as among ourselves,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1839 - 96 pages
...not sure that this is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I saerifiee to the publie good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walla they were born, and here they shall die. If every one of us, in returning to our eonstituents,... | |
 | James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 710 pages
...because I am not sure, that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable...objections he has had to it, and endeavour to gain partizans in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and thereby lose all the... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1855 - 584 pages
...The opinions I have had of its errors,' said he, ' I sacrifice to the public good. Within these walla they were born, and here they shall die. If every...were to report the objections he has had to it, and endeavor to gain partisans in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and thereby... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1845 - 672 pages
...because I am not sure, that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable...were to report the objections he has had to it, and endeavor to gain partisans in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and thereby... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 pages
...the puhlic good. 1 have never whispered a syllahle of them ahroad. Within these walls they were horn, and here they shall die. If every one of us in returning to our constituents, were to report the ohjections he has had to it, and endeavor to gain partisans in support of them, we might prevent its... | |
 | John Stanley (printer.) - Statesmen - 1849 - 178 pages
...because I am not sure that this is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors, I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable...objections he has had to it, and endeavour to gain partizaus in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and therefore lose all... | |
 | James Wynne - 1850 - 372 pages
...because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinion I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable...these walls they were born, and here they shall die." His term of office as President of Pennsylvania, ceased in the autumn of 1788. At this time he lived... | |
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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. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these... 
