Wisdom For Today From Benjamin Franklin

This quotation from a speech by Benjamin Franklin, one of the greatest Americans ever to live, reminds us today what is the current, clear and present danger we face:

In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, — if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people, if well administered; and I believe, farther, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.

Speech to the Constitutional Convention (June 28, 1787)

Could a rational individual not agree that Washington D.C. (District of Criminals) is full of despots acting on every agenda but that which is a benefit to the American people?