I think even our Founding Fathers might be surprised by the durability of the charter they forged. Remember the lady who approached Benjamin Franklin as the convention ended two centuries ago this September? "What kind of government did you give us. Dr. Franklin?" she asked. "A republic." Franklin replied. "if you can keep it... Well. the Founding Fathers underestimated their achievement. 80 years ago as my parents were planning to immigrate here. William Gladstone. the great British Prime Minister. called "the U.S. Constitutionthe noblest document ever conceived by a group of men at a given time." Well. what is it that makes it so great?
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