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.
The fact of the matter is that the way Madison used the word ârepublicâ is utterly synonymous, for all practical purposes, with the way we use the word âdemocracyâ in 2011 (and have used it since roughly the mid-to-late 1800s and certainly since the early 20th century).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.