REPUBLIC VS. DEMOCRACY We have grown accustomed to hearing that we are a democracy; such was never the intent. The form of government entrusted to us by our Founders was a republic, not a democracy. Our Founders had an opportunity to establish a democracy in America and chose not to. In fact, the Founders made clear that we were not, and were never to become, a democracy: “[D]emocracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” James Madison, considered the Father of the U. S. Constitution “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” John Adams, April 15, 1814, Founding Father and U. S. President “A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way. The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness [excessive license] which the ambitious call, and [the] ignorant believe to be liberty.” Fisher Ames, Author of the House Language for the First Amendment “We have seen the tumult of democracy terminate . . . as [it has] everywhere terminated, in despotism. . . . Democracy! savage and wild. Thou who wouldst bring down the virtuous and wise to thy level of folly and guilt.” Gouverneur Morris, Signer and Penman of the U. S. Constitution “[T]he experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived.” John Quincy Adams, Founding Father and the Nations’ 6th President “In democracy . . . there are commonly tumults and disorders. . . . It is often the most tyrannical government on earth.” Noah Webster, Webster personally wrote part of the U. S. Constitution “A simple democracy . . . is one of the greatest of evils.” Dr. Benjamin Rush, Signer of the Declaration of Independence “Pure democracy cannot subsist long nor be carried far into the departments of state, it is very subject to caprice and the madness of popular rage.” Rev. John Witherspoon, Signer of the Declaration of Independence “Democracy will soon degenerate into anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure…” John Adams, August 29, 1763, Founding Father “It may generally be remarked that the more a government resembles a pure democracy the more they abound with disorder and confusion.” Zephaniah Swift, Author of Americas First Legal Text “Democracy is the road to socialism” Karl Marx “The United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a Republican Form of Government…” U. S. Constitution, Article. IV, Section. 4 “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands…” Pledge of Allegiance “No free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people without a frequent recurrence of fundamental principles.” Patrick Henry, Founding Father “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream.” President Ronald Reagan “One single object… [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” Thomas Jefferson, March 25, 1825 Understanding the foundation of the American Republic is a vital key toward protecting it. The Country is a Republic! Not a Democracy!
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