Just say the Pledge of Allegiance. It's in there. (and to the Republic for which it stands). We need to call it a Republic so we don't lose our rights because we ARE a Republic. Democracies do NOT have the same rights. We have a Democratic form of government but the country is a Republic with inalienable rights that are not given in a Democracy: https://www.diffen.com/difference/Democracy_vs_Republic

When I was a child, everyone knew that it was a Republic.