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He meant 'keep' as in 'maintain': 'a republic, if you can maintain it'. Historically, republics don't have the best track record (I'm looking at you, Rome, Athens, and Florence). Benjamin Franklin meant that the republic that he had helped to created in the US was a gift, if the citizens of the US were able to make it work, and not let what happened to Rome happen to the US.
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How did Benjamin Franklin describe the government under the constitution?
"A republic, if you can keep it."
Benjamin Franklin's response A republic if you can keep it showed his belief that?
A Republic is a great, but delicate, thing.
Who said the spoils of victory were also the source of the decline of the roman republic?
obamaaa
Did Octavian's rise to power signaled an end to the Roman Republic?
Not quite. It is better to say that Octavian's rise to power consolidated the end of the republic. During Julius Caesar's rule, the republic was all but dead and Caesar's dictatorial powers effectively ended the republic. Although men like Cicero, Pompey and Brutus tried to keep it going, they were unsuccessful.
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Maxamillian Robespierre
What famous American statesman said Madam a Republic if they can keep it?
Benjamin Franklin
How did Benjamin Franklin describe the government under the constitution?
"A republic, if you can keep it."
Who said 'We have founded for you a republic if you can keep it?
"At the close of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 18, 1787, a Mrs. Powel anxiously awaited the results, and as Benjamin Franklin emerged from the long task now finished, asked him directly: "Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" "A republic if you can keep it" responded Franklin." http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2000/cr020200.htm
What does the quote A Republic If you can keep it mean?
what the quote is saying is that although they created a republic it is up to the people to keep it intact.
Who said 'We have founded for you a republic if you can keep it'?
"At the close of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 18, 1787, a Mrs. Powel anxiously awaited the results, and as Benjamin Franklin emerged from the long task now finished, asked him directly: "Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" "A republic if you can keep it" responded Franklin." http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2000/cr020200.htm
What is the mission statement republic?
A mission statement republic is a public statement which is said in the reublic of ireland.
Who said the republic has no need of savants?
Antoine Lavoisier
Who said that the government would be a republic?
benjamin banneker
Who said I give you a republic if you can hold on to it?
Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin's response A republic if you can keep it showed his belief that?
A Republic is a great, but delicate, thing.
Are the Jonas Brothers coming to Dominican Republic?
actually there's no answer to this question yet. some people said they will some say they won't. they know they have fans here Dominican Republic). keep sending them messages and make them see THEY DO HAVE MANY FANS TO BUILD A CONCERT. :D
Who said State is prior to individual?
Plato in The Republic.
