The above comes from "Our pledge of alliance" which was originally composed in 1887, and finalized in 1954, of which, perhaps some people would be surprised that rather than stating that we live in a democracy, something that is bantered about each and every day through all sorts of media outlets, we actually are a Constitutional republic. Further to the point, Article 4, Section 4, of our Constitution states specifically: "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government," which makes it very clear that the United States is a republic and not a democracy, and in fact, a democracy in America, was not the intention of the founders of this great nation, and specifically was something that they put in writing that we were not.
First, it must be understood as to what the difference is between a republic and a democracy. A democracy is simply government by the majority, which if you happen to be on the side of the majority, rather convenient, for democracy at its worse, is mob rule, and if one side is out voted, they can in theory, have absolutely no voice in the government, leading to despotic majority rule. On the other hand, a republic, such as we have in America, has representatives that while typically being democratically elected by the public, are constrained to act within the Constitution, governed by Constitutional law, with a specific delegation and separation of powers, so that no one branch can dictate to the others, or make irrelevant the other branches of such a government. Further, it is assumed or presumed, that these elected officials, unlike the common citizens, are able to make decisions and to vote based on a careful analysis and proper consideration of a given situation, as opposed to being swayed by the passions of the day.
The reason that we hear so much about "one person, one vote", in which all are equal in the weight of our vote, is that it sounds fair, but when anyone can vote, with little or no diligence of the capabilities of that person voting, or of their accomplishments or lack of accomplishments, than democracies devolve into the majority desiring strongly to vote for whatever it is that they want, especially for what they want in the short term, without real consideration of future events or possibly basic human rights; whereas with a government of elected officials, our representatives are not only constrained within the Constitution as to what they can or cannot do, they also must recognize implicitly your basic human rights, your inalienable rights, and the rights as given by our Constitution of which all these combined serve to protect individuals, and especially the minority voice.
If one thinks about it logically, than one would not really want to live in a democracy, because quite frankly, most people on a day by day basis, have things much more important and personal to accomplish on a given day, rather than to look at all aspects of a given ballot measure, or an amendment, and so on and so forth, and would, all things reasonably considered, prefer someone of integrity, someone of character, someone that is well respected, to weigh on those issues on behalf of the people. For if the majority are not constrained by Constitutional law, are not constrained by wise and experienced minds, are not constrained by the divisions of powers, than you may will get majority rule, for better or for worse, but it will devolve rather quickly into despotism, for the majority will simply take from the minority, because they have granted themselves the right to do so, again and again, taking advantage of their power, to create a country divided into two, those of the haves v. those that have not.