Definition of Republic

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Definition of Republic
	Republic Common weal. A state in which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy, 2. Related Definitions: And, Body, By, Common, Commonwealth, Democracy, Elected, Exercised, In, Is, Of, People, Power, Sovereign, State, The, Them, Weal, Which, Whole

Republic Quotations

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.
Theodore Roosevelt

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.
Frank Lloyd Wright

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.
Alexis de Tocqueville

Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic.
Alexis de Tocqueville

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.
John Steinbeck

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.
Victor Hugo

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.
Andrew Jackson

The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once.
Andrew Jackson

Republic Translations

republic in Afrikaans is republiek
republic in Dutch is republiek, vrijstaat
republic in German is Republik
republic in Italian is repubblica
republic in Latin is res publica
republic in Swedish is republik

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