We have nothing to fear but fear and more fear

[jdavid]

One of the most dangerous thoughts on delegates’ minds was the fear of their own reputation and their own political futures being corrupted (65-66). Secrecy would then be the modus operandi of this Constitutional Convention (7). Secondly, there was a fear for power/political prowess that would be coveted by the say in power between each state as seen in the Virginia, New Jersey and Connecticut plan (67,103-104). Additionally and adequately put, “Greed and lust for power," as Franklin frequently pointed out in convention debates, "were unquenchable in mortal men” (9).