Americans, commonly speaking, refer to our form of government as a ``democracy.''...but, strictly speaking, ours is a republic. ``We pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands''--not to the democracy for which it stands.
Discussing the distinction between democracy and republic in the context of American government.
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