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THE YEAR was 1787. The Constitutional Convention had just wrapped up in Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin, one of the delegates, was leaving the hall when he was asked, famously, “Sir, what kind of government have you given us?” To which the wizened Franklin replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.”

Mr. Franklin knew that the few true republics in history had their day, then sank from inattention to their core values. He was telling his interlocutor it was imperative that the citizenry be responsible to keep the new republic

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