Part Second, Chapter III
'What Athens was in miniature, America will be in magnitude.' Representation grafted onto democracy yields a system competent to all purposes.
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From Rights of Man by Thomas Paine
Paine defends representative democracy as the best form of government, combining the rational principles of democracy with the practical scale needed for large nations. He distinguishes republic (the public good as object) from monarchy (private interest).
Part Second, Chapter III
Republic defined as 'res-publica, the public affairs, or the public good'; opposed to government for private interest.
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