We are not owed a republic. We must choose it. We must decide it is what we want and fight for it.
When Benjamin Franklin walked out of the room after signing the Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17th, 1787, he was asked: “Well, Doctor, what have we got: a republic or a monarchy?” He famously replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.”
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