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4daaa0d
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
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knowing
nothing
paradox
plato
republic
socrates
socratic
wisdome
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Plato |
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62b806e
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The beginning is the most important part of the work.
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plato
republic
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Plato |
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07cb1ab
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This separation was absolute in our original Republic. But the sky-godders do not give up easily. In the 1950s they actually got the phrase In God We Trust onto the currency, in direct violation of the First Amendment.
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religious-nuts
republic
separation-of-church-and-state
unconstitutional
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Gore Vidal |
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a5402eb
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"As the nation divided into Federalists and Republicans, each group called the other the worst name possible: "party". Most Americans feared the idea of party; believing that a society should unite to achieve the public good, they denounced parties as groups of ambitious men selfishly competing for power. Worse, parties were danger signals for a republic; if parties dominated a republic's politics, its days were numbered."
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parties
politics
republic
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R.B. Bernstein |
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8ba5270
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It was an idea that made the crucial difference between British and Iberian America - an idea about the way people should govern themselves. Some people make the mistake of calling that idea 'democracy' and imagining that any country can adopt it merely by holding elections. In reality, democracy was the capstone of an edifice that had as its foundation the rule of law - to be precise, the sanctity of individual freedom and the security of private property rights, ensured by representative, constitutional government.
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democracy
government
republic
us-history
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Niall Ferguson |
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02b9c61
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Let us show that, if the people abandon the republicans, the republicans do not abandon the people.
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liberty
republic
republicans
revolt
revolution
war
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Victor Hugo |
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418f97b
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"[Voltaire] theoretically prefers a republic, but he knows its flaws: it permits factions which, if they do not bring on civil war, at least destroy national unity; it is suited only to small states protected by geographic situation, and as yet unspoiled and untorn with wealth; in general "men are rarely worthy to govern themselves." Republics are transient at best; they are the first form of society, arising from the union of families; the American Indians lived in tribal republics, and Africa is full of such democracies. but differentiation of economic status puts an end to these egalitarian governments; and differentiation is the inevitable accompaniment of development."
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democracy
development
economics
egalitarianism
government
monarchy
politics
republic
voltaire
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Will Durant |