The founders knew this and knew that no republic lasted very long. But, through intellect knowledge and compromise they devised a way to keep what happened to the French Revolution - the ideological overreach and fervor, the terror, the guillotine, the military takeover, the fall into imperial ambition - from happening here with checks and balances and a federal system. It's still working;
Happy birthday. Gene
Intellect, knowledge and compromise wouldn't have been enough. Those qualities were provided, and guided, by an Almighty God. It was God's will that our forefathers succeed, and it will be only by His will that we will remain.
Abandonment of faith in, and allegiance to, God will be the death knell of our nation.
