Ruling is a skilled trade, Plato argues. And like any other trade, not everyone has the talent or the training to be good at ...

The key to the Constitution, say Landy and Hale, is that it establishes a republic, not a democracy—perhaps an underappreciated nuance but an important one, in that a republic guards individual rights ...

But our history has been a story of strengthening democracy, expanding rights and making government more responsive. If we’re disappointed with democracy, the answer is to reform it, not abandon it.

America is a federal republic, and the states—at least ... Nothing is inevitable, and democracy will not fall overnight. Do ...

Alright, my fellow citizens, you've got me. The word "Democracy" does not appear in the U.S. Constitution. The United States of America is a "Constitutional Federal Republic." ...

This type of democracy did not fully reign in the First Republic. But liberal democracy did reign. Liberal democracy is one that is restricted to the political sphere and even so, it is formal in ...

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375 BC, has shaped western political thought. Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”.