Republicanism

"Republicanism is not the phantom of a deluded imagination. On the contrary...under no form of government, will laws be better supported, liberty and property better secured, or happiness be more effectually dispensed to mankind."

George Washington

Real Liberty

"We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments."

Alexander Hamilton

Unremitting Vigilance

"Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance."

Thomas Jefferson

Obligations

“It is a misfortune incident to republican government, though in a less
degree than to other governments, that those who administer it may
forget their obligations to their constituents, and prove unfaithful to
their important trust,”
~James Madison