Republican Government Quotes

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We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. — Alexander Hamilton
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 of… — Thomas Jefferson
The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management. — Thomas Jefferson
The United States is no more a Christian nation because most of its citizens are Christians than it is a 'white' nation because most of… — John Stuart Mill
A republican government should be based on free and equal education among the people — Susan B. Anthony
I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government. — Alexander Hamilton
If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a republican… — Noah Webster
The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe, which serve to support tyrannical governments, are not the Christian religion, but abuses and corruptions of it. The religion of… — Noah Webster
I trust that the proposed Constitution afford a genuine specimen of representative government and republican government; and that it will answer, in an eminent degree,… — Alexander Hamilton
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly… — George Washington
The definition of the right of suffrage is very justly regarded as a fundamental article of republican government. — James Madison
A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at… — Thomas Jefferson
The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican… — Alexander Hamilton
[A]lthough a republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible. — 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 offices… — Alexander Hamilton
It is a misfortune incident to republican government, though in a less degree than to other governments, that those who administer it, may forget their… — James Madison
I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse and in a republican government more than in any other. — James Madison
In the extent and proper structure of the Union, therefore, we behold a republican remedy for the disease incident to republican government. — James Madison
The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican government is practicable in a nation or not. — John Quincy Adams
The will of the entire people is the true basis of republican government, and a free expression . . . by the public vote of… — Victoria Woodhull
In republican government the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this . . . is to divide the legislature into different branches; and to… — James Madison
A republican government is in a hundred points weaker than one that is autocratic; but in this one point it is the strongest that ever… — Henry Ward Beecher
He [Washington] has often declared to me that he considered our new constitution as an experiment on the practicability of republican government, and with what… — Thomas Jefferson
Of all the objections which have been framed against the federal Constitution, this is perhaps the most extraordinary. Whilst the objection itself is levelled against… — James Madison
Independent of its connection with human destiny hereafter, the fate of republican government is indissolubly bound up with the fate of the Christian religion, and… — Lewis Cass

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