The terms "democracy" and "republic" are sometimes interchangeably used, but the Founders were clear about what they wanted the newly formed nation of America to be. They created a constitutional republic. As the Pledge of Allegiance states, written more than 100 years after the Constitutional Convention: "I pledge allegiance to...
The terms “democracy” and “republic” are sometimes interchangeably used, but the Founders were clear about what they wanted the newly formed nation of America to be. They created a constitutional republic. As the Pledge of Allegiance states, written more than 100 years after the Constitutional Convention: “I pledge allegiance to…
