America Quote by Rush Limbaugh

We have a constitutional republic, not a democracy.

— Ted Yoho

In America, we do not have a democracy. It's not what we have. We have a representative republic and therefore the rules and regulations…

— Rush Limbaugh

There are elements of democracy in votes here and there in America. But in the actual structure of the government, we're a representative republic.

— Rush Limbaugh

Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic, a replica…

— Gore Vidal

A republic and a democracy are pretty much identical, pretty much on every level.

— Rick Santelli

Democracy is just a word. You have to give it meaning. The US is not a democracy. Most Americans do not vote. We haven't…

— Ramsey Clark

“Americans have always thought they had a democracy form of government. We don’t. We have a constitutional republic – a representative form of government.”

— David R. Johnson

The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter,to a small…

— James Madison

America does not at the moment have a functioning democracy.

— Jimmy Carter

Democracy is not something we have. It's something we do.

— Doris "Granny D" Haddock

Democracy is not what we have. It is what we do.

— Frances Moore Lappé

In the world there is no democracy better than our democracy. Such a thing has never before been seen.

— Ruhollah Khomeini