Constitutional Convention (May 14, 1787) began at the State House (Independence Hall) for the purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and formulating the Constitution. George Washington, who had been unanimously elected as President of the Convention, rose during the Convention and admonished the delegates:
<If to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the event is in the Hand of God!> 1787CV001
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Endnotes:
1787CV001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Constitutional Convention, May 14, 1787, admonition by President George Washington to the delegates. John Fiske, The Critical Period of American History: 1783-1789 (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898), pp. 231-232. Marshall Foster and Mary-Elaine Swanson, The American Covenant-The Untold Story (Roseburg, OR: Foundation for Christian Self-Government, 1981; Thousand Oaks, CA: The Mayflower Institute, 1983, 1992), p. 42.