What Ben Franklin said about Moses and the Constitution
28 Jan 2007 Leave a Comment
in General
There are some protests this weekend that are led by people that probably believe themselves to be “men of distinction”. The protesters look to be the excitable sort and seem to be playing to the media. As we watch these protests on the news, we would do well to consider what Ben Franklin said:
“On the whole, it appears that the Israelites were a people jealous of their newly-acquired liberty, which jealousy was ill itself no fault; but when they suffered it to be worked upon by artful men pretending public good, with nothing really in view but private interest, they were led to oppose the establishment of the new Constitution, whereby they brought upon themselves much inconvenience and misfortune. From all which we may gather that popular opposition to a public measure is no proof of its impropriety, even though the opposition be excited and headed by men of distinction.”
