...many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration to change opinions, eren on important subjects. which I once thought right,...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all truth, and...

...shall never approve it, for, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change...found to be otherwise. It is therefore that, the older J grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects...

...shall never approve them for having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration to change...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. I have been trying to say that for 2 days now, Senator, but this gentleman from Chicago called me and...

...shall never approve them: For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Most men indeed as well as most sects in Religion, think themselves in possession of all truth, and...

...shall never approve them. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change...which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, speech in the Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 17,...

...never approve them. For, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change...and to pay more respect to the judgment of others. Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that...

...he tells the Convention on September 1 7th, "I have experienced many instances of being obliged ... to change opinions even on important subjects, which...grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment." The point of this comment is to encourage his divided colleagues to settle for an "apparent unanimity"...

...experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change my opinions even on important subjects, which I once...I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment of others. Most men, indeed, as well as most sects in religion, think themselves in possession of all...

...shall never approve it: For having lived long, I have experienced many Instances of being oblig'd, by better Information or fuller Consideration, to change...and to pay more Respect to the Judgment of others. Most Men indeed as well as most Sects in Religion, think themselves in Possession of all Truth, and...

...It fell to Benjamin Franklin and James Madison to put the work of the convention into perspective. "The older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment," said the octogenarian Franklin. Not only was he astonished that a constitution that was the product...