Okay, borrowing from the past, W. Cleon Skousen, author of "The 5,000 Year Leap"

The United States of America shall be a Republic.

"There are many reasons why the Founders wanted a republican form of government rather than a democracy. Theoretically, a democracy requires the full paticipation of the masses of the people in legislative or decision-makming processes of government. This has never worked because people become so occupied with their daily tasks that they will not properly study the issues, nor will they take the time to participate in extensive hearings before the vote is taken. The Greeks tried to use democracy mass-participation in the government of their city-states, and each time it ended in tyranny.

A Democracy and a Republic compared:
"A democracy becomes increasingly unwieldy and inefficent as th epopulation grows. A republic, on the other hand, governs through elected representatives and can be expanded indefinitely. James Madison contrasted these two systems when he wrote:

"Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have been violent in their deaths...
"A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking. (Federalist Papers, No. 10, p. 81)

"Madison later went on to point out how an expanding country like the United States could not possibly confine itself to limitations of a democracy, but must rely upon a representative or republican form of government to protect the ever-expanding interests of its people. He said:

"In a democracy, the people meet and exercise the government in person; in a republic, they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents. A democracy, consequently, must be confined to a small spot. A republic may be extended over a large region. (Federalist Papers, No. 14, p. 100.)

A Republic Defined

"To make his position completely clear, Madison offered a concise definition of a republic as follows:

"We may define a republic to be...a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior. It is essential to such a government that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion or a favored class of it; otherwise a handful of tyrannical nobles, exercising their oppressions by a delegation of their powers, might aspire to the rank of republicans and claim for their government the honorable title of republic. (Federalist Papers. No. 39, p. 241.)

Modern Emphasis on "Democracy"
"During the early 1900s an ideological war erupted, and the word "deomcracy" became one of the casualties. Today. the average American uses the term "democracy" to describe America's traditional Constitutional republic. But, technically speaking, it is not. The Founders had hoped that their descendants would maintain a clear distinction between a democracy and a republic."