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But the "Republic" American style is also a democracy, isn't it? A "Republic" European style can be everything as long as there is no monarch.
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Classically, Republic and Democracy were not the same thing. The modern American system is a kind of mix of a Republic and a Democracy. And there are many countries that claim to be Democratic Republics.
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... I am surprised at your insolence in writing to me at all. You know, as I know, that I bought this constituency... may God's curse light upon you and may it make your women as open and as free to the excise officers as your wives and daughters have always been to me while I have represented your scoundrel corporation.
I have the honour to be... your obliged humble servant, Anthony Henley
- MPs reply to constituent, mid 1700s
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