I belice you referring to the famous quotation of Benjamin Franklin "A republic, if you can keep it".
The dichotomy in this quote is not republic or democracy but republic or monarchy.
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The source of this quotation is a journal kept by James McHenry (1753-1816) while he was a Maryland delegate to the Constitutional Convention. On the page where McHenry records the events of the last day of the convention, September 18, 1787, he wrote: “A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy – A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it.”
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The United States is a democracy, it is also a republic. Those are not contradictory/mutually exclusive terms. If you believe they are, please provide your preferred definitions and citations.
As far as my citation, Ill defer to the US Constitution:
Article IV, Section 4: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government
The establishment of a Republican form of Government wasn’t an accident. The word Democracy doesn’t appear in the Constitution once, that also is not an accident.
I’d recommend reading the Federalist Papers and understand why the Founding Father’s were against a Democracy and advocated for a Republic. Federalist Paper No. 14 written by Madison might be particularly helpful as he highlights how people wrongly confound Democracies with Republics.
I belice you referring to the famous quotation of Benjamin Franklin "A republic, if you can keep it".
The dichotomy in this quote is not republic or democracy but republic or monarchy.
" The source of this quotation is a journal kept by James McHenry (1753-1816) while he was a Maryland delegate to the Constitutional Convention. On the page where McHenry records the events of the last day of the convention, September 18, 1787, he wrote: “A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy – A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it.” "
https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/2022/01/a-republic-if-you-...
The United States is a democracy, it is also a republic. Those are not contradictory/mutually exclusive terms. If you believe they are, please provide your preferred definitions and citations.