 | 1741 - 776 pages
...need defji^'ic government, being inrapable of any other. 1 doubt too whether any other Convent! on we can obtain may be able to make a better Constitution. For when you afTemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint witilom, you inevitably aflemble with... | |
 | 1788 - 642 pages
...defpotifm, as other forms have done before it, when the people (ha!! become fo corrupted as to need defnotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt...any other Convention we can obtain may be able to maice a bitter Conflitutioo. For when you ajfemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1789 - 640 pages
...as other forms have done before it, wrnu. the people (hail become fo corrupted as to need defpotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt too whether any other Convention we can obtain may ke able to make a better Conftitutjon. For when yuu airemblc a number of men, to ha»e the advantage... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 282 pages
...defpotifm, as other forms have done before it, when the people fhall become fo corrupted as to need defpotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt,...convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better conftitution. For when you aflemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wifdom, you... | |
 | English literature - 1788 - 678 pages
...defpotifm, as other forms have done before it, when the people (hall become fo corrupted as to need defpotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt...whether any other convention we can obtain may be able 1 1> make a better conftitution. For when you aflemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Essays - 1794 - 348 pages
...as other forms have done before it, when the people fhall become fo <^>rrupted as to need defpotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt...convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better conftitution. For when you afferrible a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wifdom,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...I believe farther, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before...as to need despotic government, being incapable of aay other. I doubt too, whether any other convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better constitution.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...I believe farther, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so curruptedas to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt too, whether any other... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 pages
...likely to be well adminstered for a course of years, and can only endin despotism, as other formshave done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted...other convention we can obtain, may be able to make a beU ter constitution. For when you assemble a number ef men-, to have the advantage of their joint... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1809 - 466 pages
...I believe farther, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shalj become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. I doubt too,... | |
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I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people, if well administered ; and I believe, further, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only... 
