Day 3 - Republicanism

Republicanism: The authors of the Constitution utilized the concept of republicanism as a balance to the classical liberalism of the U.S. Constitution, which focused primarily on individual liberty.  Classical republicanism emphasizes the participation of informed citizens in government.   The exemplary citizen in this theory of government readily subordinates the personal for the public interests and recognizes their duties and responsibilities as citizens to be of paramount importance.  “When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.