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Sharp lines on the American Republic's structure, flaws, and fate.

These quotes take the American Republic seriously as a political experiment, not just a slogan - one traces its ballot-box problems, another points to the exclusion of women from the vote at its founding. Together they read as a running argument about American identity.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

American
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Nov 07, 2020

Americans resident in China inform us that the ballot box in their country is greatly abused for personal ends, and Chinese admirers of the American Republic have not minutely examined its defects.

Quotes by Zhang Zhidong

Creation
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Nov 07, 2020

Inequality was written into the creation of the American Republic when our Founding Fathers denied voting rights to women.

Quotes by Stephanie Coontz

Come
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Nov 07, 2020

The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries to come the same course to destruction as did Rome.

Quotes by Robert W. Welch, Jr.

Constitution
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Nov 07, 2020

In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the very purpose of preventing unbridled majority rule.

Quotes by Robert W. Welch, Jr.

History
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Nov 07, 2020

The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed.

Quotes by Robert Trout

The sharpest line here compares the Republic's likely fate to Rome's, while another explains why the Constitution deliberately divided power to block unchecked majorities. It's a collection built for readers who come to quotes wanting substance over slogans.

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