“In 1787 Ben Franklin would say about the presidents who would follow George Washington, “the first man put at the helm will be a good one. Nobody knows what sort may come afterwards. The executive will always be increasing here, as elsewhere, til it ends in monarchy.” (1/4)

“James Madison, in Federalist number 10, said that the separation of powers would be a check in the event that “enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.” We are 233 years removed from Franklin’s observation, and America is at a tipping point.” (2/4)

“The checks and balances enshrined in the Constitution have failed to prevent—to paraphrase Madison and Franklin—the rise of an unenlightened man who, at every opportunity, shows us he believes himself to be a king.” (3/4)

[Today] you get to decide: do you want the monarchy the founders fled and feared or the republic that they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to establish?”(4/4) https://thekayseean.com/life-and-culture/perspective-america-needs-a-statesman-at-the-helm/