They studied ancient Rome, ancient Greece. They studied all these things and they wanted to draw lessons from each of them. But really the only lesson they drew, the only common thread in Every single republic attempted in human history had failed before the United States. And so they understood. It fell to the people of the United States to determine once and for all, can people govern themselves? (08:28–08:36)
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Asserts that all previous republics before the United States had failed.
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