I don't want us to revert back to some purple haze like we've had in the past. And that's the task that we've had. And here, and I'll just close by saying this, Our founding fathers understood that small r Republican government is fragile. They understood. In fact, when they went to Philadelphia to draft the Constitution, they didn't just show up willy nilly like they had studied the history of every single republic in the history of mankind. (29:58–30:05)
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Asserts that the founding fathers recognized the fragility of republican government.
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