This number is printed on your MasterCard & Visa cards in the signature area of the back of the card. (it is the last 3 digits AFTER the credit card number in the signature area of the card). You can find your four-digit card verification number on the front of your American Express credit card above the credit card number on either the right or the left side of your credit card.
James Madison defined republic in terms of  representative democracy as opposed to direct democracy.)    A direct democracy, or  pure democracy, is where the people rule directly, voting on  every law themselves. republic is a form of government where a group of officials who represent the people vote on issues, whereas a direct democracy is a form of government where all citizens di â¦ rectly vote on issues. In a repulic, people ellect representatives to do the governing.
That is to say that what Madison called a ârepublicâ is a government where the citizens elect representatives to govern on behalf of those citizens for a set amount of time.This was contrasted with âdemocracyâ (as the term was used by the ancient Greeks) which meant the people directly governing themselves.n the same essay he describe a key feature of a republic: A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes placeâ¦. Ok, so, to Madison, a ârepublicâ has something to do with representation, while a democracy has to do with direct governance.