Come Together

Upon the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Ben Franklin famously said: "[W]e must all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately."

That was a great line for the time and accurately if pithily reflected the dangerous course to which the signers had just committed themselves.

But if Franklin were alive today, I think he might modify that admonition just a bit.

I think, looking at the events of the last two days and reflecting upon the increasing sense of polarization, division, mistrust, and fear in this country, he might say: "We must all come together or most assuredly we will come apart."