This came up in a discussion somewhere else on the difference between a Democracy and a Republic:


  • Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
  • A Constitutional Republic is two wolves and a lamb (who each represent thousands of citizens that elected them) voting on what to have for lunch.
    However, they operate under a Constitution that states that eating mutton is illegal.
  • The modern American Constitutional Republic is two wolves and a lamb (who each represent thousands of citizens that elected them) voting on what to have for lunch.
    They also operate under a Constitution that states that eating mutton is illegal. But the Supreme Court has ruled that mutton doesn't mean lamb.