America’s Founding Fathers didn’t envision the U.S. as a bureaucracy or a democracy. They envisioned it as a republic—defined by James Madison as “a government which derives all its powers ...

The founding fathers were far from perfect in practicing ... They were suspicious of democracy, Jefferson was utterly democratic by 18th-century standards and was essentially a libertarian ...

U.S. institutions are still largely functioning. But the deterioration of the country’s political culture is striking — and ...

America’s Founding Fathers didn’t envision the U.S. as a bureaucracy or a democracy. They envisioned it as a republic—defined by James Madison as “a government which derives all its powers ...

Our Founding Fathers were intelligent, honorable men dedicated to democracy. They didn’t have a crystal ball, but they imagined needs could change, so they didn’t just write the Constitution ...

“Is democracy still America’s sacred cause ... s democratic experiment has been defined since the nation’s founding by a central tension over whom the government should favor.

The United States Of America is not, and has never been, a democracy. Thank God and our Founding Fathers! We are a constitutional republic, which gives us protection of our freedom and our rights ...

One of the grandest achievements of America’s Founding Fathers was the establishment ... the French observer Alexis de Tocqueville, in Democracy in America, attributed our country’s success ...

Founding Father James Madison wrote, “If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered ...