A Republic, NOT a Democracy ~ The Imaginative Conservative

A Republic, NOT a Democracy ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Not only do democracies invade every aspect of life and politicize them, they always and everywhere—from Athens to America—serve as an impetus to imperialism. If the will of the majority is to rule at home, why not enforce such rule the world over? John Adams & Benjamin Franklin “Remember Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes exhausts and murders itself. There never was a Democracy Yet, that did not commit suicide,” John Adams wrote in a pr…