Logo

Why is the word "democracy" not in the preamble of the US Constitution?

08.06.2025 09:44

Why is the word "democracy" not in the preamble of the US Constitution?

To blacks: “You can’t drink from that water fountain… eat in this cafeteria… ride this bus… go to this school. We voted fair and square and your side lost.

In other words, our Founding Fathers and other Whig intellects of that time well understood that democratic methods are the surefire means to do serious damage to the rights guaranteed under republican self-government.

Why? Try these on for size:

What are "demonic attacks" and how can one tell when they're happening to them, or someone else? How would one go about dealing with it?

To slaves: “You can forget your notions of freedom. We voted fair and square and your side lost.”

Another tendency, which is extremely natural to democratic nations and extremely dangerous, is that which leads them to despise and undervalue the rights of private persons.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

Miley Cyrus Reveals What Caused Her Estrangement from Dad Billy Ray for the First Time - instyle.com

Majority-rules democracy is the way that majorities run roughshod over minorities, destroying rights and all ideas of equality under the law. No fair-minded person wants anything to do with democracy.

—Alexis de Tocqueville

[with republicanism being the rights-protecting form of governance afforded us by our Constitution]

Scientists Stunned by 183-Million-Year-Old Fossil With Intact Skin and Scales - Indian Defence Review

When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.

—Benjamin Franklin

To Indians: “Pack up what belongings you can carry and start walking to Oklahoma. Your fertile lands are ours now. We voted fair and square and your side lost.”

What is your favorite underrated movie and why? What makes it underrated? How did you find it?

—John Adams

Meanwhile, when the Democratic Party formed in 1828, it was with a Tory outlook keen on robbing others of their rights:

I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy. Democracy has never been and never can be so durable as aristocracy or monarchy; but while it lasts, it is more bloody than either.

Why is the covert narcissist actively avoiding me when they see me everyday?

—Thomas Jefferson