A Republic, Not A Democracy - Dan Smoot, 18 Apr 1966

Dan Smoot (1913 - 2003) was an FBI agent, Journalist and Conservative political activist. In this video he explains the critical difference between a Democracy and a Republic.

Smoot explains that in a Democracy, the majority rules absolutely. In a Republic, laws may be enacted by majority or by their elected representatives, but they are limited by the Constitution of the Republic. A Democracy has no such limitation.

Article IV, Section 4 of the US Constitution guarantees "to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." There is no mention of Democracy in The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution or the Bill of Rights.