...and I believe farther that this is likely to be well administered for a Course of Years, and can only end in Despotism as other Forms have done before it, wh

...and I believe farther that this is likely to be well administered for a Course of Years, and can only end in Despotism as other Forms have done before it, when the People shall become so corrupted as to need Despotic Government, being incapable of any other. ~ Benjamin Franklin, Closing Speech at the Constitutional Convention (1787)