republic

Can that late 18th century republic adjust, including adjusting to deal with the profoundly disruptive issue of slavery, in a way that allows it to go forward?

The more important ones are things like the monarchical republic that we talked about.

That's the nature of a democratic republic.

If your question is, "When did Iran become the Islamic Republic?"

It's kind of like an act of rebellion against the Islamic Republic.

Other people say that we will have achieved victory when we've replaced the Islamic Republic with a democratic or at least America-friendly regime.

So our responsibility is to carry that democratic imagination forward, to make sure that this democratic republic doesn't become static, or stuck, or rigid or even cynical.

For God's sake, you can't go get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID So you need one for Olive Garden but not for a stake in our Republic, right?