Benjamin Franklin famously said that the United States will be “A republic, if you can keep it.” Idaho’s senators would do well to remember what the question was: “What have we got – a ...

that could have been formed under present circumstances.” Ben Franklin was wise, and he understood how we got our Constitution. It was a compromise among a collection of brilliant and strong ...

As Benjamin Franklin left the Constitutional Convention he was asked what kind of government the convention had created. His reply, “A republic, if you can keep it,” underscores a truth ...

Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China. Moderated by Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour. Franklin and Revolution features Ken Burns; Walter Isaacson, author of "Benjamin Franklin: An American ...

Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary ... anyone to the foundation of the American Republic. But Franklin's life was full of contradictions ...