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But for defenders of free speech and republican government, it was one of the most disquieting.
Post-American Presidency Pamela Geller 2010
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But for defenders of free speech and republican government, it was one of the most disquieting.
Post-American Presidency Pamela Geller 2010
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It is not home rule, and it is not republican government.
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It is not home rule, and it is not republican government.
Revolution Day 2008
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They are implicitly saying that their issue in one senate seat matters more than supporting the party that strongly supports their issue at time when the entire fabric of enviromental regulation is being rent by an entirely republican government.
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“In a republican government, it should never be resorted to, except as a last expedient to vindicate its rights; for military power and military ambition have but too often fatally triumphed over the liberties of the people.’…”
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By this time, Calhoun had already told John Quincy that slavery was good for republican government.
America's First Dynasty Richard Brookhiser 2002
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The people is far less often mistaken in its choice than the prince; and a man of real worth among the king's ministers is almost as rare as a fool at the head of a republican government.
The Social Contract 2002
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Politically, Calvinism has been the chief source of modern republican government.
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In the very first session held under the republican government, the assembly passed a law for the perpetual prohibition of the importation of slaves.
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