"A Republic, madam, if you can keep it"
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history | 11/17/20 | vanity for Franklin
What Franklin said long ago. He
was wrong.
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ELECTION 2020: A Republic, if You Can Keep It
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Townhall.com ^
| August 8, 2020 | David Avella
Florida’s hanging chads from the 2000 Bush vs Gore contest will look like a walk in the park compared to what it will take to declare a winner this year. COVID-19
has completely upended how votes are cast and counted. It is inevitable that in competitive states such as Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania delays will happen in getting to the final tally. This is why it is so critical that election officials, starting with Secretaries of State, make it convenient to vote and put in place proper safeguards from the start. Understandably, Pew Research found that most Americans (64%)...
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Constitution Day "A Republic, If You Can Keep It!"
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American Minute ^
| September 17, 2019 | Bill Federer
"Done ... the SEVENTEENTH DAY of SEPTEMBER, in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven." This
is the last line of the U.S. Constitution. Signer of the Constitution James McHenry noted in his diary (American Historical Review, 1906), that after Ben Franklin left the Constitutional Convention, he was asked by Mrs. Elizabeth Powel of Philadelphia: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" Franklin replied, "A republic, if you can keep it." Webster's 1828 Dictionary defined "REPUBLIC": "exercise of the SOVEREIGN POWER is lodged in representatives elected by THE PEOPLE." To help...
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A Republic, If You Can Keep It
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Townhall.com ^
| June 25, 2019 | Paul Curry
On a warm September day in 1787, Benjamin Franklin emerged from Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Franklin was leaving what has come to be known as The Constitutional Convention. Originally it was simply the Philadelphia Convention, which was intended solely to improve upon the Articles of Confederation, the prevailing government of the time.
As legend has it, a man approached him and demanded, “What have you wrought?” to which Franklin succinctly replied, “A Republic, if you can keep it.” Franklin, known for so many famous quotes he could make Yogi Berra appear to be a mute, delivered that day what might...
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Constitution Series: A Republic, If You Can Keep It
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The Tennessee Star ^
| April 3, 2017 | Claudia Henneberry
This is the first of twenty-five weekly articles in The Tennessee Star’s Constitution Series. ...Madison knew one thing about human nature: Every person sought to advance his or her own interests, and every person could be corrupted. Studying
the various forms of government deployed throughout history, Madison came to the conclusion–one that he thought should be obvious–that the only way to counteract the natural tendencies of human nature was to develop a system of checks and balances. In a pure democracy, every citizen has one vote, and decisions are made by the vote of a majority. That form of government,...
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A Republic, If You Can Keep It.
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Michelle Obama's Mirror ^
| 12-19-2016 | MOTUS
Well, today’s the day. The Electoral College will vote to officially instate Donald J. Trump as the duly elected President Elect of the United States. Despite the impassioned pleas from the likes of Joy Behar, Michael Moore, Martin Sheen and Hot Lips Houlihan. Suddenly these constitutional scholars are experts on the machinations
if the Electoral College. Let’s remember that the only distinct skill of an actor is their ability to convincingly read lines written by somebody else.If they understand the words and the context they can reinforce the words with emotive behaviors. If they don’t understand the words, well, that’s...
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"A Republic, if you can keep it." Donald Trump and the Tyranny of the Mob...
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Flopping Aces ^
| 04-27-16 | Vince
For the last eight years I’ve been shaking my head, simply bewildered that so many Americans could be so insane as to vote for Barack Obama for president. Not
surprisingly, once Obama was ensconced in the White House things played out pretty much as predicted with virtually every month bringing new news of a faltering economy, a shrinking workforce and more government waste, intervention and tyranny. In 2012, after Fast and Furious, the IRS Tea Party scandal, Obamacare and, most of all, Benghazi, I was sure that Americans would rise up and throw out the anti American Obama and vote...
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"A Republic, If You Can Keep It." Can We? Will We?
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Townhall.com ^
| July 10, 2015 | David Limbaugh
When Benjamin Franklin emerged from Independence Hall at the close of the Constitutional Convention, a lady asked him what kind of government had been formed. Franklin
reportedly responded, "A republic, if you can keep it." Franklin's answer has always been interesting because it revealed that he well understood the profound difference between a pure democracy and a constitutional republic. But far more intriguing to me was Franklin's implied concern that the newly crafted scheme of government was hardly self-sustaining and ultimately vulnerable. He and the other framers understood that liberty was rare in world history and that it would be...
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