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Benjamin Franklin on the Constitutional Convention 1

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 7, 2013 | Ben Franklin, Constitution, Founders, Quotes, Uncategorized

“I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance [as the framing of the Constitution] … should be suffered to pass without being in some degree influenced,...
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