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Insurrection is when citizens rise up in arms against the government.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation 2010
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Insurrection is when citizens rise up in arms against the government.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation 2010
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Insurrection is when citizens rise up in arms against the government.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation 2010
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Insurrection, which is speedily exhausted, has only a certain number of shots to fire and a certain number of combatants to expend.
Les Miserables 2008
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The previous law was called the Insurrection Act and required an actual insurrection in any State against its government.
Archive 2007-08-01 Ellen Beth Gill 2007
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The previous law was called the Insurrection Act and required an actual insurrection in any State against its government.
Mark Kirk: Democracy and Constitution Good for Thailand, Bad for USA Ellen Beth Gill 2007
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This act also, which was called the Insurrection Act, enacted that the administering of treasonable oaths, which was a practice in the society of United
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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With prescient genius Shakspeare has described the part that Cromwell took in an event which occurred under his Protectorate, the so-called Insurrection of March 1655; and in our examination into the secret history of that occurrence lies the test that we have applied to Cromwell's character.
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various
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Insurrection, which is speedily exhausted, has only a certain number of shots to fire and a certain number of combatants to expend.
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Insurrection, which is speedily exhausted, has only a certain number of shots to fire and a certain number of combatants to expend.
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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