QuoteQuest“The first man put at the helm will be a good one. No body knows what sort may come afterwards. The Executive will be always increasing here, as elsewhere, till it ends in a Monarchy.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Benjamin Franklin
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
- Held by
- Wikiquote
Context
Records of the Federal Convention (which resulted in the United States Constitution), June 4, 1787
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Franklin, Benjamin. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Benjamin Franklin. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
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