"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..."

Manor was referring to the Founding Fathers and what they wanted to create, thus I said: read the declaration and then you can see, what their intentions were.

The first sentence says it all.

By the way, the US is a republic, yes, and fortunately a democratic one - or what is your problem with democracies?

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