The Difference between a Democracy and a Republic.

Democracy and Republic are often taken as one of the same thing, but there is a fundamental difference.  Whilst in both cases the government is elected by the people, in Democracy the majority rules according to their whims, whilst in the Republic the Government rules according to law.  This law is framed in the Constitution to limit the power of Government and ensuring some rights and protection to Minorities and individuals.

The difference between Republic and Righteous Republic is that in the Republic the Government rules according to the law set up by men, in the Righteous Republic the law is the Law of God.  Only in the Righteous Republic it can truly be said "One nation under God" for it is governed under commandments of the only One True God and there is no pluralism of religions. Thus we have the somewhat of a difference between Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans insist on pushing their religion on the citizens and have no room for Jews, Catholics, Islam or any religion that isn't evangelical. They may pay lip service to other religions, but if you look for example at the Republicans in MN, the power all belong to the same evangelical church.  The democrats on the other hand are much more tolerable and govern more in a republic way and by the constitution.

Democracy:
a: government by the people; especially : rule of the majority.

b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether it be based upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or regard to consequences

Republic
 a: a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president  : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government.

b: a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law.

The forefathers of the US went to great lengths to make sure we have a Republic and not a democracy. A democracy can be ruled by passion and hate, Russia and the Third Reich are good examples. Hence in our pledge allegiance, I pledge allegiance to the flag and to the Republic for which it stands. In the beginning "under God" was not included, and it wasn't included until a the Eisenhower presidency which was Republican.

Other kinds of government include;

Autocracy declares the divine right of kings; its authority can not be questioned; its powers are arbitrarily or unjustly administered.

Mobocracy: 1. Political control by a mob. 2. The mass of common people as the source of political control.