Assuming Quote by Felix Morley

A nation can be one or the other, a democracy or an imperialist, but it can't be both. If it sticks to imperialism, it…

— Chalmers Johnson

No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails.

— Edward Bellamy

This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic.

— James Bovard

Republics, like other forms of government, exist in history and can rise and fall.

— Timothy D. Snyder

There is a peculiar contradiction in trying to be a member of a republic while believing that the universe is a monarchy.

— Alan Watts

America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home.

— Mark Twain

Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not.

— Anna Howard Shaw

An empire that extends itself selectively is just being prudent about its own limitations. A republic that supports democratization selectively is another matter.

— Noah Feldman

Yes, we did produce a near perfect republic. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory…

— Thomas Jefferson

A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism…

— Earl Warren

When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

A Republic is its people.

— Ram Nath Kovind