After the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia,
Benjamin Franklin was asked what type of government we have.
He replied, "A republic, if you can keep it ... keeping government
honest and hence our freedoms intact requires eternal vigilance."

"In the councils of government, we must guard against the
acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought,
by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous
rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."
Dwight D. Eisenhower Farewell Address.
Radio and TV January 17. 1961

"This is a government of the people, by the people and for the people no longer.
It is a government of corporations, by corporations, and for corporations."
Rutherford B. Hayes 1888 (19th U.S. President 1877-1881)

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth
concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
Louis Brandeis, United States Supreme Court Justice from 1916-1939

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