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{{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>}}
Patrick Henry at the Virginia ratifying convention:
[[Patrick Henry]] at the Virginia ratifying convention:
{{cquote|The delegation of power to an adequate number of representatives, and an unimpeded reversion of it back to the people, at short periods, form the principal traits of a republican government.<ref>3 The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, at 396 (Jonathan Elliot ed., 2d ed., J.B. Lippincott 1941) (1836)</ref>}}
{{cquote|The delegation of power to an adequate number of representatives, and an unimpeded reversion of it back to the people, at short periods, form the principal traits of a republican government.<ref>3 The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, at 396 (Jonathan Elliot ed., 2d ed., J.B. Lippincott 1941) (1836)</ref>}}