Republic vs Democracy
There is a highly readable piece at Wallbuilders by David barton. We are reading a lot since the election about values. Barton tells us that
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The Founders understood that Biblical values formed the basis of the republic and that the republic would be destroyed if the people's knowledge of those values should ever be lost.
A republic is the highest form of government devised by man, but it also requires the greatest amount of human care and maintenance. If neglected, it can deteriorate into a variety of lesser forms, including a democracy (a government conducted by popular feeling); anarchy (a system in which each person determines his own rules and standards); oligarchy (a government run by a small council or a group of elite individuals): or dictatorship (a government run by a single individual).
Posted by Mover Mike on
Monday November 8, 2004 at 9:51am
