Neither is Christians, Jews and Muslims living in harmony for centuries.
Granted, it may have been slightly better under Saddam.
Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER: 1593
AUTHOR: Benjamin Franklin (1706–90)
QUOTATION: “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”
“A Republic, if you can keep it.”
ATTRIBUTION: The response is attributed to BENJAMIN FRANKLIN—at the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation—in the notes of Dr. James McHenry, one of Maryland’s delegates to the Convention.
McHenry’s notes were first published in The American Historical Review, vol. 11, 1906, and the anecdote on p. 618 reads: “A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy. A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it.” When McHenry’s notes were included in The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, ed. Max Farrand, vol. 3, appendix A, p. 85 (1911, reprinted 1934), a footnote stated that the date this anecdote was written is uncertain.
SUBJECTS: Republic
WORKS: Benjamin Franklin Collection
Have you forgotten the millions of Iraqis that Saddam's evil regime and his evil sons tortured by pushing them through wood chippers, or pushing them in bathtubs that were filled with acid. Also throwing them from 4 story buildings with their hands tied behind them. Don't forget forcing them to watch the thugs rape the wives and doughters of the victims
Yeah Saddam was a nice guy. /sarcasm>