 Quote, this country is approaching a dangerous turning point and suggesting that the United States today bears some similarities to Weimar Germany, where liberal democracy was not able to contend with the fascist onslaught. In Miami a few weeks ago, I was struck by the omnipresence on the streets and restaurants of police officers from a variety of law enforcement agencies. Famously, Benjamin Franklin replied to a question of whether this new land should be a monarchy or republic with the line,