Choices Quote by Garet Garrett

Between government in the republican meaning, that is, Constitutional, representative, limited government, on the one hand, and Empire on the other hand, there is…

— Garet Garrett

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

— Thomas Jefferson

No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.'

— John Adams

There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.

— Anonymous

In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all…

— James Madison

So what's the difference between republican and democratic forms of government? John Adams captured the essence of the difference when he said, 'You have…

— Walter E. Williams

If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess I know…

— Thomas Jefferson

It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation.

— Thomas Jefferson

Independent of its connection with human destiny hereafter, the fate of republican government is indissolubly bound up with the fate of the Christian religion,…

— Lewis Cass

Republics exist only on the tenure of being constantly agitated.... There is no republican road to safety but in constant distrust.

— Wendell Phillips

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

— Timothy D. Snyder

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