Republic/history

Famous quotes containing the words republic and/or history:

    “The United States is a republic, and a republic is a state in which the people are the boss. That means us. And if the big shots in Washington don’t do like we vote, we don’t vote for them, by golly, no more.”
    —Willis Goldbeck (1900–1979)

    “There is no history of how bad became better.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)