The Constitution of the United States: including the Bill of Rights

" 'There are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them...' (I accept this Constitution), 'because I expect no better and because I am not sure that it is not the best.' " --Benjamin Franklin, one of the 39 signatories of the Constitution, September, 1787

The Constitution of the United States, signed by the members of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787, replaced the Articles of Confederat...