...said there have come down to us : " Without the confidence of the people no government can exist." "It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained." " The independence of the executive is the essence of tyranny." "The event is in the hand of God."...

...assemblage to the lofty plane of its duty and opportunity. He said: " It is too probable that no plan Ave propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair ; the event...

...when language was suggested that was abhorrent to his sense of right. Rising in his place, he gravely said : "It is too probable that no plan we propose...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair ; the event is in...

...figure drawn up to its full height, he exclaimed in tones unwontedly solemn with suppressed emotion: " It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the...

...hour. He closed his eloquent appeal to the convention at its opening session with these solemn words: "It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. . . . Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair. The event is in the hands...

...hour. He closed his eloquent appeal to the convention at its opening session with these solemn words: "It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadfut conflict is to be sustained. . . . Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest...

...Constitution for the United States. Washington, who was chosen its president, said in his opening address: "It is too probable that no plan we propose will be...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair. The...

...doubtless on one of these occasions that, according to Gouverneur Morris, he said in substance: "It is probable that no plan we propose will be adopted....we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we The State House, Philadelphia, 1776 ( From print in the collection of CS Keyser) 1787 afterwards defend...

...favor such a convention. would reject their work, but the majority believed with Washington that " if to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work ? " The small states preferred the old government because it was proposed...

...majestic sense of Washington brought the assemblage to the lofty plane of its duty and opportunity. He said: " It is too probable that no plan we propose...we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair ; the event...