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   From: pedro1940@progression.net   
      
   THE DIFFERENCE BET. REPUBLIC SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION AND THE BASES ON WHICH   
   IT WORKS.   
      
   Republic Organization of the State...    
   and Democracy  principles  to put a check  on that State./   
      
   por David R   
      
   Some otherwise intelligent individuals state that the system of government of   
   the United States is not a democracy but a republic. These individuals are   
   capable of eloquent explanations, with reference to constitutional items, to   
   demonstrate their point.    
   Although it is true that the United States is a republic, with laws that   
   protect against the tyranny of the majority over the minority, it is also true   
   that it is inaccurate to insist that the United States is not a democracy. The   
   United States is both a    
   republic and a democracy.    
      
   The United States Constitution states that powers not delegated to the states   
   or federal government belong to the people of the United States. Jefferson   
   stated that when the government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are   
   unauthoritative, void, and    
   of no force. If the government's acts are void, due to government exceeding   
   its limit of authority, nevertheless, true authority remains with the people.    
      
   In case anyone still doubts this, the Declaration of Independence also spells   
   it out, as follows: ...that all men are created equal; that they are endowed   
   by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life,   
   liberty, and the    
   pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted   
   among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that   
   whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the   
   right of the people    
   to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its   
   foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to   
   them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.   
      
   Now, one may argue about what limits there should be on democracy or whether a   
   given democracy is plagued by excessive corruption. But one may not correctly   
   deny the existence of a democracy solely on the basis of the existence of a   
   republic.   
      
   David R.   
      
      
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