“A republic, if you can keep it.” --Benjamin Franklin's response to Elizabeth Willing Powel's question: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarc

“A republic, if you can keep it.” --Benjamin Franklin's response to Elizabeth Willing Powel's question: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/constitutionalconvention-september17.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/constitutionalconvention-se...