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

Last Updated: 20.06.2025 02:15

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

—Alexis de Tocqueville

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.

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 are some very specific groups of people you just cannot stand?

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

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

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.

When a dog smells another dog’s poo or wee, do they then remember that scent for when they smell it again, or even further know which dog they are smelling if they know the dog?

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.

—Benjamin Franklin

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

Why are American women so ugly nowadays?

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

—John Adams

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.

Why is my Whirlpool fridge not cooling but the freezer works? What is the solution?

—Thomas Jefferson

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

Why? Try these on for size:

There's no way Republican Trump won all seven swing states. How was he able to cheat and steal the election?

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.