Just how long does it take to write a constitution?
Paul Bremer: “This certainly can’t be done in just a few months..”
George W. Bush: “I do think it would be helpful to get the United Nations in to help write a constitution,� Bush said. �I mean, they�re good at that.”
The Founding Fathers of America: The Constitutional Convention made many drafts and many revisions to the Constitution. The Convention started, May 25, 1787; and adjourned, September 17, 1787. From the US Constitution FAQ
Benjamin Franklin, speaking before the Convention: I agree to this Constitution with all its faults�if they are such�because 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 end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.
Good ol’ Ben. He’s always been my favourite founding father. I’d love to raise up his ghost right about now. There’d be more than just kites getting hit by lightning.
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