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  2. professorbuzzkill.com

    Franklin replied sagely, "a republic, if you can keep it." In most versions of the story, the old woman is supposed to represent the ordinary patriot in the new United States, wondering what the future would portend, but also fearful that the Constitutional delegates had chosen the easy and traditional option - a monarchy.
  3. blogs.loc.gov

    On the page where McHenry records the events of the last day of the convention, September 18, 1787, he wrote: "A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it." Then McHenry added: "The Lady here alluded to was Mrs. Powel of Philada."
  4. constitutioncenter.org

    His answer was: "A republic, if you can keep it." The brevity of that response should not cause us to under-value its essential meaning: democratic republics are not merely founded upon the consent of the people, they are also absolutely dependent upon the active and informed involvement of the people for their continued good health.
  5. the-american-catholic.com

    Sep 17, 2024A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it. Doctor James McHenry, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Maryland. The quote is excerpted from his diary. The lady referred to was Elizabeth Powel. She was a daughter of a mayor of Philadelphia and the wife of another mayor of Philadelphia. She would live to 1830, the Republic kept ...
  6. tenthamendmentcenter.com

    Later in this essay, Madison illustrated the alternative: "the same advantage which a republic has over a democracy, in controlling the effects of faction, is enjoyed by a large over a small republic, — is enjoyed by the Union over the States composing it."[2] A republic, according to Madison, "promises the cure for which we are seeking ...
  7. yalebooks.yale.edu

    Like President Trump he could have said "I'm really rich." Washington actively sought wealth; but he and other founding fathers worried that great inequalities of wealth posed problems for a republic. Though in 1776 they boldly declared "all men are created equal," they recognized that privilege was an essential part of their world.
  8. scholarlycommons.law.hofstra.edu

    "a Republic madam if you can keep it" And by a Republic he was referring to the representative form of government the delegates had just adopted and would on the next day forward to the Continental Congress for submission to the states. Whether this exchange ever occurred is questionable, but the concern it expressed over the fragility of the
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