Much of the strength and efficiency of any government, in procuring and securing happiness to the people, depends on opinion — on the general opinion of the goodness of the government, as well as of the wisdom and integrity of its governors. The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin - Page 302by Benjamin Franklin - 1835 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mathew Carey - 1789 - 632 pages
...unanimity. Much of the ftrength and Efficiency of any government, in prowring and fecuring happinefi to the People, depends on opinion, on the general opinion of the goodnefs of that government as well as of the wifdom and integrity of its governors. I hope, therefore,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 282 pages
...unanimity. Much of the ftrength and efficiency of any government, in procuring and fecuring happinefs to the people, depends on opinion ; on the general opinion of the goodnefs of that government, as well as of the wifdom and integrity of its governors. I hope, therefore,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Essays - 1794 - 348 pages
...unanimity. Much of the ftrength or efficiency of any government, in procuting and fccuring happincfs to the people, depends on opinion ; on the general opinion of the goodnefs of that government, as well as of the wiŁ dom and integrity of its governors. i 1 hope, therefore,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...apparent unanimity. Much of the strength and efficiency of any government, in procuring and securing happiness to the people, depends on opinion, on the...opinion of the goodness of that government, as well a&of the wisdom and integrity of its governors. I hope, therefore, that for our own sakes, as part... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 pages
...strength or efficiency of any government, in procuring and securing happiness to tne people, depend on opinion ; on the general opinion of the goodness...as of the wisdom and integrity of its governors.. I-hope, therefore, that for our own sakes as a part of the people, and for the sake of our posterity... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...apparent unanimity. Much of the strength or efficiency of any government, in procuring and securing happiness to the people, depends on opinion ; on the...general opinion of the goodness of that government ah well as of the wisdom and integrity of its governors. I hope, therefore, that for our own sakes... | |
| James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 710 pages
...apparent unanimity. Much of the strength and efficiency of any government, in procuring and securing happiness to the people, depends on opinion — on the general opinion of the goodness of the government, as well as of the wisdom and integrity of its governors. I hope, therefore, that for... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1855 - 584 pages
...apparent unanimity. Much of the strength and efficiency of any government in procuring and securing happiness to the people depends on opinion, — on the general opinion of the goodness of the government, as well as of the wisdom and integrity of its governors. I hope, therefore, that for... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 pages
...apparent unanimity. Much of the strength and efficiency of any government, in procuring and securing happiness to the people, depends on opinion ; on the...general opinion of the goodness of that government, as the wisdom and integrity of its governors. I hope, therefore, that for our own sakes, as a part of... | |
| George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional history - 1854 - 564 pages
...apparent unanimity. Much of the strength and efficiency of any government in procuring and securing happiness to the people depends on opinion, — on the general opinion of the goodness of the government, as well as of the wisdom and integrity of its governors. I hope, therefore, that for... | |
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