"If we resort for a criterion
to the different principles on which different forms of government are
established, we may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that
name on, a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from
the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their
offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior."
--James Madison, Federalist No. 39
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