"Local assemblies of the people constitute the strength……" — Alexis de Tocqueville

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• There prevails among men of letters, an opinion, that all appearance of science is particularly hateful to Women; and that… — Samuel Johnson
• We have always underestimated the cell...The entire cell can be viewed as a factory that contains an elaborate network of… — Bruce Alberts
• The necessity of a senate is not less indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies, to yield… — James Madison
• The death penalty is a poor person's issue. Always remember that: after all the rhetoric that goes on in the… — Helen Prejean
• The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose… — Alexander Hamilton
• [Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the… — James Madison
• Once wide coercive powers are given to governmental agencies for particular purposes, such powers cannot be effectively controlled by democratic… — Friedrich August von Hayek
• In the assemblies of the enlightened ones there have been many cases of mastering the Way bringing forth the heart… — Dogen
• Is it permitted for Catholics to be present at, or to take part in, conventions, gatherings, meetings, or societies of… — Pope Pius X
• Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them. — Charles James Fox
• For when I came into the silent assemblies of God's people I felt a secret power among them which touched… — Robert Barclay
• It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit… — William O. Douglas

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