Neither The Declaration Of Independence Nor The Articles Of Confederation Nor Any Of The First State Constitutions Had Mentioned The Word "republic.

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Neither the Declaration of Independence nor the Articles of
Confederation nor any of the first state constitutions had mentioned the
word "republic." At the time, it was like a red flag to conservatives
everywhere.
-- Charles Austin (1874-1948) and Mary R. Beard (1876-1958)

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