By David William Jedell Updated January 4, 2025
If you do an internet search on the meaning of democracy, know it or not, you will finf that 95% are mnodified to distrort the meaning and slant it towards a sameness with a our republic. GIGANTIC TOTALITARIAN PROPAGANDA!!! Noting the identity of these propagandists who insist that America is a Democracy is a good way to identify publishers who cannot be trusted; totalitarian useful idiots and Marxists.
FOUNDERS' QUOTES ON A DEMOCRACY VS. REPUBLIC
http://www.godtheoriginalintent.com/democracy_republic_quotes.html
"Democracy is the most
vile form of government. ... democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property: and have in general been as short in their lives as the have been violent in their deaths."— James Madison (1751-1836) Father of the Constitution, 4th President of the U. S.
“Republicanism is not the phantom of a deluded imagination. On the contrary, laws, under no form of government, are better supported, liberty and property better secured, or happiness more effectually dispensed to mankind.”
— George Washington (1732-1799) Father of the Country, 1st President of the United States
“We are a Republic. Real Liberty is never found in despotism or in the extremes of Democracy.”
— Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) Lawyer, Secretary of the Treasury & Secretary of State
“Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy; such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit, and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable [abominable] cruelty of one or a very few.”
— John Adams (1797-1801) Second President of the United States and Patriot
“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
— Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence, 3rd President of the U. S.
“A democracy is a volcano, which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption, and carry desolation in their way.”
— Fisher Ames (1758-1808) Founding Father and framer of the First Amendment to the Constitution
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to say that democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy. It is not true, in fact, and nowhere appears in history. Those passions are the same in all men, under all forms of simple government, and when unchecked, produce the same effects of fraud, violence, and cruelty. When clear prospects are opened before vanity, pride, avarice, or ambition, for their easy gratification, it is hard for the most considerate philosophers and the most conscientious moralists to resist the temptation. Individuals have conquered themselves. Nations and large bodies of men, never.”
— John Adams (1797-1801) Second President of the United States and Patriot
"Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine percent."
— Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence, 3rd President of the U. S.
Benjamin Franklin defined democracy as two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
"It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution."
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third President of the United States
"Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honour, power and glory, established in the minds of the people, or there can be no republican government, nor any real liberty: and this public passion must be superiour to all private passions."
- John Adams (1797-1801) Second President of the United States and Patriot
"The term republic is of very vague application in every language. Witness the self-styled republics of Holland, Switzerland, Genoa, Venice, Poland. Were I to assign to this term a precise and definite idea, I would say that, purely and simply, it means a government by its citizens in mass, acting directly and personally, according to rules established by the majority: and that every other government is more or less republican, in proportion as it has in its composition, more or less of this ingredient of the direct action of the citizens. Such a government is evidently restrained to very narrow limits of space and population. I doubt if it would be practicable beyond the extent of a New England township. The first shade from this pure element, which, like that of pure vital air, cannot sustain life of itself, would be where the powers of the government, being divided, should be exercised each by representatives chosen by the citizens either pro hac vice, or for such short terms as should render secure the duty of expressing the will of their constituents. This I should consider as the nearest approach to a pure republic, which is practicable on a large scale of country or population.
- Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence, 3rd President
The purest republican feature in the government of our own State is the House of Representatives. The Senate is equally so the first year, less the second, and so on. The Executive still less, because not chosen by the people directly. The Judiciary seriously anti-republican ... we may say with truth and meaning, that governments are more or less republican, as they have more or less of the element of popular election and control in their composition: and believing, as I do, that the mass of the citizens is the safest depository of their own rights, and especially, that the evils flowing from the duperies of the people, are less injurious than those from the egoism of their agents, 1 am a friend to that composition of government which has in it the most of this ingredient. And I sincerely believe, with you, that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies; and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale."
- Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence, 3rd President
"As riches increase and accumulate in few hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater degree considered as only a graceful appendage of wealth, and the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard. This is the real disposition of human nature; it is what neither the honorable member nor myself can correct. It is a common misfortune that awaits our State constitution, as well as all others."
- Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) Lawyer, Secretary of the Treasury & Secretary of State
"Without wishing to damp the ardor of curiosity or influence the freedom of inquiry, I will hazard a prediction that, after the most industrious and impartial researchers, the longest liver of you all will find no principles, institutions or systems of education more fit in general to be transmitted to your posterity than those you have received from your ancestors."
- John Adams (1797-1801) Second President of the United States and Patriot
"The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common national sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias and prejudice; and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education, and family. The opinion advanced in the Notes on Virginia is undoubtedly correct, that foreigners will generally be apt to bring with them attachments to the persons they have left behind; to the country of their nativity; and to its particular customs and manners. They will also entertain opinions on government congenial with those under which they have lived; or if they should be led hither from a preference to ours, how extremely unlikely is it that they will bring with them that temperate love of liberty, so essential to real republicanism?"
- Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) Lawyer, Secretary of the Treasury & Secretary of State
"If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess I know no other measure, it must be agreed that our governments have much less of republicanism than ought to have been expected; in other words, that the people have less regular control over their agents, than their rights and their interests require."
- Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Independence, 3rd President
More Quotes
https://www.sott.net/article/271456-A-warning-from-history-Quotes-on-Democracy-vs-Republic
The Founding Fathers Rejected Democracy
The Founding Fathers universally rejected democracy and hoped that posterity would never turn the United States into one. The word they used was republic,which is not synonymous with democracy. The word democracy is not in the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights. Even the Pledge of Allegiance is to the republic for which it stands.
So why did they reject democracy? Because it is inherently flawed with the share the wealth philosophy, which only works as long as there is someone else's money to share. Those receiving are quite pleased with getting something for nothing. But those forced to give are denied the right to spend the benefits of their own labor in their own self-interest, which creates jobs no matter how the money is spent. They also lose a portion of their incentive to produce.
Fraser Tyler, author of The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic authored more than 200 years ago said it best. "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. The majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship."
The result is a diminished standard of living for everyone, as was the case under 20th Century communism.
A republic gives place to majority rules; the majority is not always right. A republic is also based upon natural unalienable rights that come from a source higher than man (for example life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.) Minority rights are protected from the majority in a republic. In a republic there is an emphasis on individual differences rather than absolute equality. Such individual differences are seen as a strength in a republic rather than as a flaw under democracy, which equates sameness as equality.
Limited government is also a major aspect of a republic. The government is handcuffed from dominating our lives. There is a list of functions and a clear process for obtaining additional power.
The Founders created a republic, not a democracy.
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/06/29/the-founding-fathers-rejected-democracy/
Marxist View
"Above all, it will establish a democratic constitution, and through this, the direct or indirect dominance of the proletariat."
— Friedrich Engels, Principles of Communism
Regarding the Recent Leftist Push to Change the Supreme Court: Federalist 78 (1788), Alexander Hamilton: According to the plan of the Constitutional convention, all judges who may be appointed by the United States are to hold their offices DURING GOOD BEHAVIOR; which is conformable to the most approved of the State constitutions and among the rest, to that of this State. . . . The standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial magistracy, is certainly one of the most valuable of the modern improvements in the practice of government. In a monarchy it is an excellent barrier to the despotism of the prince; in a republic it is a no less excellent barrier to the encroachments and oppressions of the representative body. And it is the best expedient which can be devised in any government, to secure a steady, upright, and impartial administration of the laws...If, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against legislative encroachments, this consideration will afford a strong argument for the permanent tenure of judicial offices, since nothing will contribute so much as this to that independent spirit in the judges which must be essential to the faithful performance of so arduous a duty.
The Battle for Democracy is a Term Coined By Karl Marx in the Communist Manifesto
“…the first step in the revolution by the working class, is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class,
to win the battle for democracy.”
– Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, The Communist Manifesto (Penguin Books, 1985, originally published in 1848), p.104.
https://forcingchange.wordpress.com/2013/04/20/communism-socialism-and-world-change-40-quotes-to-make-you-think/ (number 4)
The Guarantee Clause imposes limitations on the type of government a state may have. The Clause requires the United States to prevent any state from imposing rule by monarchy, dictatorship, aristocracy, or permanent military rule, even through majority vote. Instead, governing by electoral processes is constitutionally required
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/articles/article-iv/clauses/42
References
How ex-CIA interference with the ‘Spies Who Lie’ letter may have helped make Biden become the president
https://nypost.com/2024/06/26/opinion/how-cia-interference-with-the-spies-who-lie-letter-made-biden-the-president/?utm_campaign=applenews&utm_medium=inline&utm_source=applenews
Supreme Court rules in favor of Jan. 6 Capitol riot participant who challenged obstruction conviction
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-rules-favor-jan-6-capitol-riot-participant-challenged-obstruction-conviction
The Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old Chevron decision
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-chevron-regulations-environment-5173bc83d3961a7aaabe415ceaf8d665
SCOTUS allows ban on sleeping on public property
https://www.wivb.com/news/washington-dc/scotus-allows-ban-on-sleeping-on-public-property/
A position paper published by the World Economic Forum, released Monday, argued that more government action is needed to combat “climate change,” not just to avert damage to the world’s climate, but also to save democracy.
https://thenewamerican.com/world-news/world-economic-forum-paper-fighting-climate-change-necessary-to-save-democracy/
Reject the source entirely when you hear or read "What you should know..." or "Experts say..." or "Fact check..." or "Most people believe..." "Polls indicate..." or "Scientists believe such and such MIGHT be true ..." or "Protestors complain about..." or "Doctor gives medical advice (Ph.d in English literature) ..." or "The good news is...' See, The Press: Equivocal, https://time.com/archive/6766558/the-press-equivocal/
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