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Is the United States of America Still a Republic?

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Ron Pavellas

At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia, the Constitution of the United States having finally been adopted, Benjamin Franklin was asked, “Well, Doctor, what have we got a republic or a monarchy?” “A republic, if you … Continue reading →

Posted in History, War & Peace | Tagged A Study of History (Abridged), Arnold J. Toynbee, British Empire, Byzantine Empire, Edward Gibbon, Julius Caesar, Oswald Spengler, Ottoman Empire, Roman Empire, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, The Decline of the West | 7 Comments

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