Children Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“It is *essential* to such a government, that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or…

— James Madison

“It requires emphasis that the states established the American Republic and, through the Constitution, retained for themselves significant authority to ensure the republic's durability.…

— Mark R. Levin

Perhaps it will be found that to obtain a just republic (and it is to secure our just rights that we resort to government…

— Thomas Jefferson

Least of all shall we preserve democracy or foster its growth if all the power and most of the important decisions rest with an…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

We are a republic, very inefficient. If you want a really efficient form of government, you have a king or a dictator. And in…

— Rick Santelli

Many have dreamed up republics and principalities that have never in truth been known to exist; the gulf between how one should live and…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“The national unity of a free people depends upon a sufficiently even balance of political power to make it impracticable for the administration to…

— Walter Lippmann

A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.

— Charles Darwin

We established however some, although not all its [self-government] important principles . The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Political liberty—that is, the ability of societies to rule themselves—does not depend only on the degree to which a society can mobilize opposition to…

— Francis Fukuyama

But are we even capable of maintaining a Republic anymore? Are there enough citizens willing to do the hard work that self-rule requires, or…

— Glenn Beck

[A]ll popular and well-mixed governments [republics] . . . are ever established by wise and good men, and can never be upheld otherwise than…

— Algernon Sidney