The citizen, in order to create a strong republic, must yield to the inevitable realization that each man by himself is weak. ... Machiavelli's Republic Considering Machiavelli's concepts of virtu and the functional role of the citizen in state affairs, we can infer that Machiavelli's republicanism is above all else a commitment to the vivere civil or civil life. ... To Machiavelli, the logical creation of an ordered state is a republic characterized by political and civil liberty. ... Machiavelli thus recognizes that an ordered republic that can insure political and civil ...

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The Romans used ideas of democracy similar to that of the Greeks, though not to the same extent. The Roman Empire (509-27 BC) took some of their governmental ideals from the Greeks. ... Many Roman political thinkers were fond of democracy. The Roman Statesman, Cicero was one. ... Modern American democracy is in the form of a democratic republic or a representative democracy. ...

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Plato's Republic pointed this out nearly 2000 years ago and states that if you are to make your own rules, you will be less likely to break them. ... Also, because the Roman Catholic Church was so strong in Poland during the communist era, there were some social cleavages in existence. ...

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