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[[James Madison]]'s Federalist No. 10 (the most prominent of all the [[Federalist Papers]]):
[[James Madison]]'s Federalist No. 10 (the most prominent of all the [[Federalist Papers]]):
{{cquote|a pure democracy [is] a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person .... A republic [is] a government in which the scheme of representation takes place .... Let us examine the points in which it varies from pure democracy .... The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter to a small number of citizens elected by the rest; secondly, the greater number of citizens and greater sphere of country over which the latter may be extended.<ref>https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0178</ref>}}
{{cquote|a pure democracy [is] a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person .... A republic [is] a government in which the scheme of representation takes place .... Let us examine the points in which it varies from pure democracy .... The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter to a small number of citizens elected by the rest; secondly, the greater number of citizens and greater sphere of country over which the latter may be extended.<ref>https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0178</ref>}}
[[John Adams]]:
{{cquote|Remember Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes exhausts and murders itself. There never was a Democracy Yet, that did not commit suicide.<ref>[https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-6371 Letter from John Adams to John Taylor, December 17, 1814]</ref>}}
[[Patrick Henry]] at the Virginia ratifying convention:
[[Patrick Henry]] at the Virginia ratifying convention: