Sentence examples for Representative republic from inspiring English sources

I have worked in Michigan's prisons for more than 22 years and can say without hesitation that I would not want any convicted felon voting in any election that could determine the state's future, nor that of my family.The United States is a representative republic, and a vote in any public election represents the will of law-abiding citizens.

C.L.: Representative republic?

"This is a representative republic with heightened democratic principles".

The trouble is that the compassionists always settle for second best - a representative republic of understanding care, instead of a direct democracy.

It was reorganized as a centralized representative republic with its capital at Bogotá; Bolívar became president and Francisco de Paula Santander vice president.

It shows the sort of principles and priorities the family has and only adds to the long list of reasons why our shabby and nepotistic monarchy should be abolished in favour of an open, accountable and representative republic.

I think it's time to fight for a big idea that Americans actually believe and that was the core idea of our Republic: that representative democracy represent its citizens equally.

Because citizens do not govern the state themselves but through representatives, republics may be distinguished from direct democracy, though modern representative democracies are by and large republics.

Those who remember their civics classes will note that we have not a direct but a representative democracy (or a republic).

It is a constitutional republic and representative democracy, "in which majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law".

The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy whose current constitution was promulgated in 2010.