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Old 07-03-2009, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by FilthyFletch View Post
The definition of republic, from the same source:

–noun 1. a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them. 2. any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth. 3. a state in which the head of government is not a monarch or other hereditary head of state. 4. (initial capital letter) any of the five periods of republican government in France. Compare First Republic, Second Republic, Third Republic, Fourth Republic, Fifth Republic. 5. (initial capital letter, italics) a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato dealing with the composition and structure of the ideal state.

Correct this is what we were founded on so thank you for showing we are a republic
Thanks for not reading the whole post, and conveniently skipping over the definition of democracy.

Check your thesaurus, people. Republic and democracy are SYNONYMS for one another.
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