Republic vs. Democracy

Tags: Political Theory, Media and Culture

01/04/2014 Mark Thornton

Interviewed by Ken McClenton on Blog Talk Radio’s “The Exceptional Conservative Show,” Mark Thornton discusses whether the Republic has failed and democracy succeeded in the United States, and what we must do to defeat the philosophy of statists.

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