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In reply to the discussion: Please Be Brave Enough To Respond To This Poll [View all]WillyT
(72,631 posts)29. It's A Statement Of Philosophy From One Of The Guys That Put THIER Lives On The Line For Us All...
After breaking with, then fighting, and then defeating the world's greatest super-power at the time, Great Britain, I'm sure all of our Founding Fathers felt this way.
They risked their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor...
And they probably knew that following generations might be compelled to do the same.
Here's another example:
AUTHOR: Benjamin Franklin (170690)
QUOTATION: (Woman) Well, Doctor, what have we gota Republic or a Monarchy?
Franklin: A Republic, if you can keep it.
ATTRIBUTION: The response is attributed to BENJAMIN FRANKLINat the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberationin the notes of Dr. James McHenry, one of Marylands delegates to the Convention.
QUOTATION: (Woman) Well, Doctor, what have we gota Republic or a Monarchy?
Franklin: A Republic, if you can keep it.
ATTRIBUTION: The response is attributed to BENJAMIN FRANKLINat the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberationin the notes of Dr. James McHenry, one of Marylands delegates to the Convention.
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When was the last time you saw a poll at DU that was not an embarassing push poll?
grantcart
Feb 2013
#13
Now I'm really confused. Are you saying that Benjamin Franklin favored mass-murder?
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#21
Your reply led me to believe that your intention in this poll has something to do with guns.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#32
Well we are the most unjustifiably terrified nation on earth, and consequently becoming
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
#34
I think your thread title is manipulative crap & I think your poll is too abstract to mean anything.
patrice
Feb 2013
#19
It's A Statement Of Philosophy From One Of The Guys That Put THIER Lives On The Line For Us All...
WillyT
Feb 2013
#29
I believe I mentioned it's relevance within it's own context a DIFFERENT time & set of circumstances
patrice
Feb 2013
#31
"It is absurd, the pretending to be lovers of liberty while they grudge paying for
msanthrope
Feb 2013
#24
In general I disagree with this libertarian claptrap. Howevr I do think that one
geckosfeet
Feb 2013
#30
We as a society can be "afraid" of lots of things, from pot to plutonium.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2013
#40
I would vote to agree with Franklin while also agreeing that part of living in a civilized
geek tragedy
Feb 2013
#51