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If free will is a gift from God, should the few administer it through a republic or the masses through democracy?
>From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will, in almost every case, be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and concert result from the form of government itself; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is that such 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 they have been violent in their deaths. Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of government, have erroneously supposed that by reducing mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights, they would, at the same time, be perfectly equalized and assimilated in their possessions, their opinions, and their passions.
>A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking. Let us examine the points in which it varies from pure democracy, and we shall comprehend both the nature of the cure and the efficacy which it must derive from the Union.
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The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter, to a small number of citizens elected by the rest; secondly, the greater number of citizens, and greater sphere of country, over which the latter may be extended.
The effect of the first difference is, on the one hand, to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations. Under such a regulation, it may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more consonant to the public good than if pronounced by the people themselves, convened for the purpose. On the other hand, the effect may be inverted. Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs, may, by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the suffrages, and then betray the interests, of the people. The question resulting is, whether small or extensive republics are more favorable to the election of proper guardians of the public weal; and it is clearly decided in favor of the latter by two obvious considerations:
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>>133608965
mummy
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>>133608965
since you obviously brought the "G" word into this
I gotta ask OP
why Democracy and Republic
why not add theocracy?
maybe we should have a government run solely by sages, mystics and others who can "interpret the signs"
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>>133608965
moar
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>>133610249
Babylon fell down, the society collapsed. Theocracies, based upon a common belief, which have no basis in fact, cannot exist in a long run.
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>>133608965
Man i want to suck on them titties so bad
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>>133610492
you think democracies or republics are "based on fact?"
are any forms of government based on fact, or are they based more on a feeling of what should happen?
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>>133608965
Republic. Best example of direct democracy in the Bible is the Jews voting to execute Jesus the Son of God in favor of Barrabas a infamous serial killer
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>>133608965
I want to fuck that mom
I'm not even into Milfs
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>>133610408
>In the first place, it is to be remarked that, however small the republic may be, the representatives must be raised to a certain number, in order to guard against the cabals of a few; and that, however large it may be, they must be limited to a certain number, in order to guard against the confusion of a multitude. Hence, the number of representatives in the two cases not being in proportion to that of the two constituents, and being proportionally greater in the small republic, it follows that, if the proportion of fit characters be not less in the large than in the small republic, the former will present a greater option, and consequently a greater probability of a fit choice.
>In the next place, as each representative will be chosen by a greater number of citizens in the large than in the small republic, it will be more difficult for unworthy candidates to practice with success the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried; and the suffrages of the people being more free, will be more likely to centre in men who possess the most attractive merit and the most diffusive and established characters.
>It must be confessed that in this, as in most other cases, there is a mean, on both sides of which inconveniences will be found to lie. By enlarging too much the number of electors, you render the representatives too little acquainted with all their local circumstances and lesser interests; as by reducing it too much, you render him unduly attached to these, and too little fit to comprehend and pursue great and national objects. The federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular to the State legislatures.
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>>133608965
MOMMY
>>133610770
BRAAAAAP
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>>133608965
I want a soapy titwank from this mommy.
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>>133608965
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>>133610770
BRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPP
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>>133615025
It literally looks nothing like a horse
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>>133615233
Are you sure, anon?
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>>133615385
WOAH
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>>133615385
I think I may be developing a new fetish
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>>133615385
WHO
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>>133615903
Back to the topic boys! Don't get distracted! Should few admister free will through republic or the masses through democracy? Is that dog a horse, or horse is a dog?
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>>133608965
>given by god
it's a metaphor
it means your rights are inherent, inalienable. there's a difference.
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