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When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme. — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with… — Caleb Cushing Copy Share Image
When free discussion is denied, hardening of the arteries of democracy has set in, free institutions are but a lifeless form, and… — William Randolph Hearst Copy Share Image
The Donetsk People's Republic is the self-declared pro-Russian government that wants to break away from Ukraine. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
Every citizen of the republic ought to consider himself an unofficial policeman, and keep unsalaried watch and ward over the laws and… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I'm a true reactionary. Like all patricians, I'd like to restore the original republic, which we lost 40 years ago when Harry… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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I have sacrificed for the Republic all that man holds dear - my wife, my children, my liberty, my life. — Theobald of Bec Copy Share Image
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For my first three books the setting (or place if you will) has always been a given - N.J. and the Dominican… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
In May 1961, South Africa was to be declared a Nationalist Republic. There was a white referendum, but no African was consulted. — Oliver Tambo Copy Share Image
I've always voted Republican because America is exactly that, a republic. You can't expect much leadership with a Democrat behind the desk… — Audrey Meadows Copy Share Image
If we accept the logic of the Declaration, reverence for God is not just a matter of religious faith, it is the… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
And we will accept the creation of the Iberian Federation of a socialist republic which will give each region the right to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jefferson, though the secret vote was still unknown at the time had at least a foreboding of how dangerous it might be… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Land in Hawaii is money. What I'm talking about here is ceded land - land that belonged to the kingdom and was… — Neil Abercrombie Copy Share Image
With the lessons taken from the financial crisis in 1997, the Republic of Korea has been able to surmount the global economic… — Lee Myung-bak Copy Share Image
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