4.18.11

"Republic, respublica, by the very force of the term, means the public wealth, or, in good English, the commonwealth; that is, government founded not on personal or private wealth, but on the public wealth, public territory, or domain . . . the king or emperor does not govern in his own private right . . . ". Orestes Brownson, The American Republic (ISI 2003), p. 23.