“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.” – US Constitution Article IV Section 4
“We pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands… - US Pledge of Allegiance
“We are now forming a Republican form of government. Real liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.” – Alexander Hamilton
“A Democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” – Thomas Jefferson
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Remember, Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.” – John Adams