07-24-2009, 11:57 AM
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AKA Sister Mary JJ
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Upper East Tennessee
Posts: 5,897
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Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylander
"In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such, because I think a general Government necessary for us, and there is no form of Government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and believe farther that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in Despotism, as others have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic Government, being incapable of any other."
Excerpt from Ben Franklin's speech at the Philadelphia Convention. Quoted without comment.
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Looks like the writing has been on the wall for quite a while doesn't it?
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