In the best days of our republic Americans were fiercely proud of the fact that rich and poor met on such equal terms in so many ways, and without the slightest trace of hostility.

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The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries...

The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries...

Newspapers write ringing editorials declaring that this is and always was a democracy.

Newspapers write ringing editorials declaring that this is and always was a democracy.

In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.

In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.

Neither facts nor pictures seem to sink into our centers of feeling any more.

Neither facts nor pictures seem to sink into our centers of feeling any more.

The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a...

The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a...

In our Constitution governmental power is divided among three separate branches of the national government,...

In our Constitution governmental power is divided among three separate branches of the national government,...

His impact would have been of transient memory and comparatively small importance, had not that...

His impact would have been of transient memory and comparatively small importance, had not that...

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

The whole country is one vast insane asylum and they're letting the worst patients run...

The whole country is one vast insane asylum and they're letting the worst patients run...

In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and...

In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and...

In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of...

In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of...

For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of...

For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of...

For in the first place the American people could not have been swept too fast...

For in the first place the American people could not have been swept too fast...

The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very...

The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very...

All alone in a committee room of the Senate Office Building in Washington, I was...

All alone in a committee room of the Senate Office Building in Washington, I was...

And for well over a hundred years our politicians, statesmen, and people remembered that this...

And for well over a hundred years our politicians, statesmen, and people remembered that this...

And it was under Wilson that the first great propaganda slogan was coined and emblazoned...

And it was under Wilson that the first great propaganda slogan was coined and emblazoned...

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over...

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over...

For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead...

For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead...

We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn...

We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn...