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The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2
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- History teaches us that most men who have overturned the liberties of republics began their career by proclaiming their devotion to the people.†
p. 18.7republics = governmental systems in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- How the proposed Constitution conforms to the principles of republican government.
p. 19.3
- How the Constitution will preserve liberty, property and the republican form of government.†
p. 19.4republican form of government = a system of government in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- However, if they find our government ineffectual (each State doing right or wrong, as its ruler finds convenient) or split into three or four independent republics or confederacies that probably don't get along—one a British ally, another an ally of France, a third to Spain, and perhaps played off each other by the three—America will be a poor, pitiful figure in their eyes!†
p. 27.8republics = governmental systems in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- Some People: Republics are Peaceful†
p. 32.2
- They say republics are naturally peaceful.†
p. 32.2
- They say commercial republics will not waste themselves in ruinous wars with each other, but will promote peaceful relationships.†
p. 32.3
- Same Emotions Affect Republics†
p. 32.4
- Republics love war as much as monarchies.†
p. 32.5
- Athens and Carthage were commercial republics, yet they often fought wars.†
p. 32.7
- The ancient republics of Greece frequently fought.†
p. 38.2
- Horror filled the republics of Greece and Italy.†
p. 39.9
- People who seem to want a dictator use this historical example as an argument against both the republican form of government and the principles of civil liberty.†
p. 39.9republican form of government = a system of government in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- Republican Government Improved
p. 40.1
- These principles save the good parts of republican government and reduce its flaws.
p. 40.4
- Opponents of the Constitution claim that Montesquieu said that a republican government requires a small territory.
p. 40.5
- When Montesquieu recommends a small area for republics, he's referring to a size much smaller than almost every one of our States.†
p. 40.6republics = governmental systems in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- It combines the advantages of a monarchy with republicanism.†
p. 41.1
- Since the government is composed of small republics, it has internal happiness.†
p. 41.5republics = governmental systems in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- The Lycian confederacy had 23 CITIES or republics.†
p. 42.2
- Will small or large republics elect better guardians of the public good?†
p. 45.9
- For two reasons, large republics do.†
p. 45.9
- In the size and proper structure, therefore, we see that our Union cures the most common diseases of republican government.
p. 47.8
- However, it has no example of a completely popular and republican government.
p. 56.9
- America developed representation as the basis of large republics.†
p. 56.9republics = governmental systems in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- The most important ancient confederacy was the association of Greek republics under the Amphictyonic federal council.†
p. 70.1
- The Achaean league, another society of Grecian republics, supplies valuable instruction.†
p. 72.1
- This goes against the basic principle of republican government: the will of the majority should prevail.
p. 85.1
- Republics and Foreign Corruption†
p. 86.6republics = governmental systems in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- A weak side to republics is that foreign corruption is easy.†
p. 86.7
- Foreign Corruption of Republics†
p. 86.8
- History has many horrible examples of foreign corruption in republican governments: It helped ruin the ancient republics.
p. 86.9
- History has many horrible examples of foreign corruption in republican governments: It helped ruin the ancient republics.†
p. 86.9republics = governmental systems in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- Some political pundits say that republican governments can only use the force of law to govern.
p. 103.1
- Who would not prefer the use of force to the rebellions and revolutions that harm petty republics?†
p. 103.7republics = governmental systems in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- In republics, strength is always on the side of the people.†
p. 113.9
- Combining government energy and stability with liberty and the republican form was difficult.
p. 130.2
- Inherently, republican liberty seems to demand that all power comes from the people.
p. 130.5
- Number 38: Ancient Republics Structured by Individuals†
p. 132.9republics = governmental systems in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- Authors of Ancient Republics†
p. 132.9
- We call several countries "republics," but they are not: In Holland, none of its supreme authority comes from the people.†
p. 138.1
- England has one republican branch plus an aristocracy and a monarch.
p. 138.2
- A republican government must come from all citizens, not just a favored class.
p. 138.4
- The Constitution follows the republican form.
p. 138.7
- The term in office also follows the republican form.
p. 138.8
- The Constitution prohibits titles of nobility and guarantees the republican form of government.†
p. 138.9republican form of government = a system of government in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- Opponents of the Constitution say, "But it was not enough that the Convention followed the republican form."
p. 139.1
- Republican Government in Each State
p. 159.1
- The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasions, and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.†
p. 159.1republican form of government = a system of government in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws
- In a republican confederacy, the federal government needs the authority to defend against aristocrats, monarchs or dictators taking over any part of it.
p. 159.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(republic as in: the country is a republic) of a system of government in which a majority of citizens elect representatives to make laws; or someone in favor of such a form of government
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(meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus) As a proper noun, the word form Republican is commonly used to describe one of the major U.S. political parties. It is and has been used by many other organizations such as The Irish Republican Army.