FRANKLIN

[AginAf III]

WOMAN GREETING FRANKLIN AS HE EMERGES FROM THE CONFERENCE OF 13 STATES WHICH HAS JUST ADOPTED THE CONSTITUTION
"DR. FRANKLIN, WHAT HAVE YOU GIVEN US?"

FRANKLIN
"WE'VE GIVEN YOU A REPUBLIC, MADAME - IF YOU CAN KEEP IT."

And so it begins - determination of the final answer to Franklin's proposition.