Aids Quote by Benjamin Rush

In republican government the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this . . . is to divide the legislature into different branches; and…

— James Madison

Big government flourishes under Republicans.

— Ron Paul

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a…

— Herbert Spencer

Under our institutions the only way to perfect the Government is to perfect the individual citizen. It is necessary to reach the mind and…

— Calvin Coolidge

A republican form of government requires four standards: It demands a highly educated population manifesting critical thinking that participates in the affairs of the…

— Frosty Wooldridge

The first question that offers itself is, whether the general form and aspect of the government be strictly republican? It is evident that no…

— James Madison

A government is republican in proportion as every member composing it has his equal voice in the direction of its concerns, not indeed in…

— Thomas Jefferson

There are two subjects, indeed, which I shall claim a right to further as long as I breathe: the public education, and the sub-division…

— Thomas Jefferson

The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their…

— Alexander Hamilton

A republican government can only be supported by virtue; and the end of all our legislation should be to encourage our fellow citizens in…

— John Tyler

Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.

— Simon Bolivar

Self-government by the whole people is the teleologic idea. The republican form of government is the noblest and the best, as it is the…

— Henry Ward Beecher