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[[Pat Buchanan]] described Williams's views:

[[Pat Buchanan]] described Williams's views:

*"We often hear the claim that our nation is a [[democracy]]," writes columnist Dr. Walter Williams. But, "That wasn't the vision of the [[Founding Fathers|founders]]. They saw democracy as another form of [[tyranny]]. … The founders intended, and laid out the ground rules for, our nation to be a [[republic]]. … The word democracy appears nowhere in the [[Declaration of Independence]] or the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]."

*"We often hear the claim that our nation is a [[democracy]]," wrote Dr. Walter Williams. But, "That wasn't the vision of the [[Founding Fathers|founders]]. They saw democracy as another form of [[tyranny]]. … The founders intended, and laid out the ground rules for, our nation to be a [[republic]]. … The word democracy appears nowhere in the [[Declaration of Independence]] or the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]."

*Indeed, the Constitution guarantees "to every State in this Union a republican form of government."

*Indeed, the Constitution guarantees "to every State in this Union a republican form of government."

*Asks Williams: "Does our [[pledge of allegiance]] to the flag say to 'the democracy for which it stands,' or does it say to 'the republic for which it stands'? Or do we sing 'The Battle Hymn of the Democracy' or 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic'?"

*Asked Williams: "Does our [[pledge of allegiance]] to the flag say to 'the democracy for which it stands,' or does it say to 'the republic for which it stands'? Or do we sing 'The Battle Hymn of the Democracy' or 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic'?"

*There is a critical difference between a republic and a democracy, Williams notes, citing our second president: "[[John Adams]] captured the essence of that difference when he said: 'You have [[Unalienable rights|rights antecedent to all earthly governments]]; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the [[God|Great Legislator of the Universe]].' Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a [[Bill of Rights|protector of rights]]."<ref>[http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=5015]</ref>

*There is a critical difference between a republic and a democracy, Williams noted, citing our second president: "[[John Adams]] captured the essence of that difference when he said: 'You have [[Unalienable rights|rights antecedent to all earthly governments]]; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the [[God|Great Legislator of the Universe]].' Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a [[Bill of Rights|protector of rights]]."<ref>[http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=5015]</ref>

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