The Capitol exalted classical republican virtues American Revolution and republican virtue Virtue and patriotism Two major political parties in American history have used the term in their name -the Democratic-Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson (1793–1824 also known as the Jeffersonian Republican Party) and the Republican Party, (founded in 1854 and named after the Jeffersonian party). In the United States Constitution, republic is mentioned once, in section four of Article Four, where it is stated: "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government. Politicians and scholars have debated the connection of these values with issues like honest government, democracy, individualism, property rights, military service or their compatibility with slavery, inequitable distribution of wealth, economic self-interest, limits on the rights of minorities, and national debt.
Articulated in the writings of the Founding Fathers (particularly Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams), they formed the intellectual basis for the American Revolution-the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Constitution (1787), and the Bill of Rights (1791), as well as the Gettysburg Address (1863). These values are based on those of Ancient Greco-Roman, Renaissance, and English models and ideas. Political scientists and historians have described these central values as liberty and inalienable individual rights recognizing the sovereignty of the people as the source of all authority in law rejecting monarchy, aristocracy, and hereditary political power virtue and faithfulness in the performance of civic duties and vilification of corruption. Instead, it refers to the core values that citizenry in a republic have, or ought to have.
As the United States constitution prohibits granting titles of nobility, republicanism in this context does not refer to a political movement to abolish such a social class, as it does in countries such as the UK, Australia, and the Netherlands. The values and ideals of republicanism are foundational in the constitution and history of the United States.
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