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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."

by:
Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790) US Founding Father
Date:
1787
Source:
as recorded by Constitution signer James McHenry in a diary entry.

  
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