Roosevelt's strength was that he understood he would never get anything through the Republican old guard, his party, unless the public pressured… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
[I] never understood [what a republican government was and] I believe no other man ever did or ever will. — John Adams Copy Share Image
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