07-11-2006, 12:09 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Re: Democracy: Ideal or not?
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In constitutional theory and in historical usages and especially when considering the works of the Founding Fathers of the United States, the word "democracy" refers solely to direct democracy, whilst a representative democracy where representatives of the people govern in accordance with a constitution is referred to as a republic.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democra....22Republic.22
They are both correct terms, I guess, just Republic is the word that was used by the founding fathers.
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