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is a government by representation, the justness and reasonableness of which makes itself felt even by its opposers.

The conviction that government, by representation, is the true system of government, is spreading itself fast in the world. The reasonableness of it can be seen by all. The justness of it makes itself felt even by its opposers. THOMAS PAINE Agrarian Justice 1797

is a government deriving its energy from the will of the society.

A government deriving its energy from the will of the society . . is the government for which philosophy has been searching, and humanity been fighting from the most remote ages. Such are republican governments which it is the glory of America to have invented, and her unrivaled happiness to possess. JAMES MADISON Article in the National Gazette, February 20, 1792

is a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior.

We may define a republic . . as a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior. It is essential to such a government that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favoured class of it. JAMES MADISON The Federalist Papers 1788

is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water... in contrast a monarchy, which is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom.

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom... a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water. FISHER AMES Speech in House of Representatives, 1795

is nation in which the thing governing and the thing governed are the same, thus allowing only a permitted authority to enforce an optional obedience.

REPUBLIC, n. A nation in which, the thing governing and the thing governed being the same, there is only a permitted authority to enforce an optional obedience.

is no other than government established and conducted for the interest of the public, as well individually as collectively.

Republican government is no other than government established and conducted for the interest of the public, as well individually as collectively. THOMAS PAINE Rights of Man 1792

is not a republic merely in its principles but it must also be a republic in its form.

A republic must not only be so in its principles but in its form. THOMAS PAINE 'To the Citizens of the United States' 1802

is the idea that even if man cannot be trusted with the government of himself, we nevertheless trust ourselves with the government of others rather than giving that power over to a king.

Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others' Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him' Let history answer this question. THOMAS JEFFERSON First inaugural address, March 4, 1801

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