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#30 Republic or Democracy?

Jan 24, 2016
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Was our government set up as a Republic or a Democracy? Is there a difference between the two? Why are we 'spreading democracy' throughout the world? Just after the completion and signing of the Constitution, in reply to a woman's inquiry as to the type of government the Founders had created, Benjamin Franklin said, "A Republic, if you can keep it."

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