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From the moment self-government lost touch with "self" -- departing the agora of Athens, the 'althing' of Reykyavik and the town meeting of New England -- it adapted itself to nations and peoples.
Simon Jenkins: It Depends on What You Mean by Democracy 2008
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[40] "God is althing that is gode, as to my sight, and the godenes that al thing hath, it is he."
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It might have been an agora in ancient Greece or an early Icelandic althing .
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ROD MICKLEBURGH 2011
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