Republics are ungrateful.

Republics are ungrateful.

~Anonymous~

Republics are brought to their...

Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.

~Baron de Montesquieu~

It is of great importance in a...

It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of society against the injustice of the other part.

~Alexander Hamilton~

A republican government is slo...

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

~Thomas Jefferson~

A monarchy is a merchantman wh...

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in water.

~Fisher Ames~