By David Warren, The Catholic Thing - Like the Founding Fathers of America, (Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)) is, in fact, suspicious of democracy. Right and wrong are discernible in nature. The republic that God smiles upon will be favorable to the right, and will advance righteous interests. It will not be indifferent to the making of good men. It will be naturally opposed to men who are evil. It will be at the service of men who are free... Being free, therefore, does not mean simply having the vote. It rather means not having a vote for the purpose of creating our rational and moral realities. It means rather leaving to God – or to “The Absolute” – what is in God’s realm.