Our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws. which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten anthony's words? our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to . . a vote in making and executing the laws. our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof . . to a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws. our democratic-republican government . . of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote in making and executing . . our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of . . a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws.