To: rbmillerjr
Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it."
253 posted on
02/10/2009 1:40:37 PM PST by
mojitojoe
(If you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat)
254 posted on
02/10/2009 1:44:01 PM PST by
truthluva
("Character is doing the right thing even when no one is looking"..J.C. Watts)
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