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2007-02-22 16:09:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The truth is, our nation is not a true democracy. We're a republic. There's a difference.
A lady once asked Benjamin Franklin, as he was coming out of the constitutional convention, "What have you given us?"
To which Franklin replied, "A republic, madam, if you can keep it."
2007-02-22 16:14:08 · answer #1 · answered by tychobrahe 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You cannot be a true democracy or a free representative republic and maintain imminent domain.. private property rights must remain unassailable or you just have another dictatorship of tryants
2007-02-23 00:40:37 · answer #2 · answered by mr.phattphatt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my God! The US is not a democracy? What have they been telling us all along? S--t we're just like France!
2007-02-23 00:17:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We are a democratic republic tho.
2007-02-23 00:19:48 · answer #4 · answered by jasonpickles 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋