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Happy 4th of July
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Re: Happy 4th of July
The deliberations of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 were held in strict secrecy. Consequently, anxious citizens gathered outside Independence Hall when the proceedings ended in order to learn what had been produced behind closed doors.
As he was leaving the Hall, A 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.”
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.