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Civility isn't just some optional value in a multicultural, multistate democratic republic. Civility is the key to civilization.
For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.
The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries to come the same course to destruction as did Rome.
...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
In a healthy republic, there is a need for figures who understand that the presidency is not the be-all and end-all of the people.
Five to 10 years from now, if not sooner, the vast majority of 'The New Republic' readers are likely to be reading it on a tablet.
I can't be calm when I drive through sections of Atlanta that look more like Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, than America.
Every Arab 'republic' has been a republic of fear, but only Saddam Hussein's Iraq surpassed the Assads' Syria in number of victims.
Republics exist only on the tenure of being constantly agitated.... There is no republican road to safety but in constant distrust.
Francois Hollande is the president of the republic, he must be respected. I want to wish him good luck in the midst of these tests.
The political form of a society wherein the proletariat is victorious in overthrowing the bourgeoisie will be a democratic republic.
The first conversation I ever had about the Internet was in 1993 with Robert Wright, who was then a colleague at the 'New Republic.'
The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy.
It is our sacred obligation to eliminate the curse of poverty in the shortest possible time. This is non-negotiable for the Republic.
The causes which destroyed the ancient republics were numerous; but in Rome, one principal cause was the vast inequality of fortunes.
An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.
The culture of the Dominican Republic definitely influenced me. We enjoy music in this crazy way; we celebrate absolutely everything.
In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.
I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.
What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws.
Like Moscow, I wish to lay the foundation of the Chinese Republic deeply in the minds of the young generation - the workers of tomorrow.
I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican Republic.
I like Armani Exchange, Guess, Rock & Republic. There's a lot of places. I'm not too picky. I like to be trendy, and I like to look good.
Music does affect your opinions. Plato is supposed to have said "It's very dangerous to allow the wrong kind of music into the republic."
Conservatives understand that the power that binds our republic together is fierce independence held high on the shoulders of compassion.
I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic at war.
When legitimately constituted state authority stands down in the face of armed threats, the very foundation of the republic is in danger.
A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it."
Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the state [People's Republic of China].
I began my journalistic career on the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in. That's the day I showed up for work at 'The New Republic' magazine.
If the president is allowed to suspend constitutional rights on his own personal whims, our free republic has effectively ceased to exist.
The city of Tehran is a very modern metropolis, and there's an emphasis in the Islamic republic on science and advancement and technology.
I have established the republic. But today it is not clear whether the form of government is a republic, a dictatorship, or personal rule.
When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.
In the formative days of the Republic, the directing influence the Bible exercised upon the fathers of the Nation is conspicuously evident.
In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.
Providing classified information to a foreign agent of the People's Republic of China is a real and serious threat to our national security.
I would like to tell you as the president of the republic, I am not embarrassed to listen to the Youth of my country and to respond to them.
It is a great honor for me to be able to team up with the Jr. NBA to help continue develop basketball talent in my native Dominican Republic.
If we don't get our relationship with the emerging People's Republic of China right, that is something that could lead to global catastrophe.
I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic.
Every Indian wants a strong and independent judiciary. Obviously if the courts get weakened, it weakens the republic and harms every citizen.
We are not a failed Arab republic, so we should not fear Arab Spring. We should embrace Arab Spring. That's what I hope Saudi Arabia will do.
If we just go back to the basics... I do not want to give up our republic and become a socialistic ideological nation. That's not who we are.
My parents moved to the states when I was 6, so I was raised by my grandma in the Dominican Republic and didn't see them again until I was 10.
Some have argued that the United States was designed to block majority rule; to be a 'republic, not a democracy.' This is ahistorical nonsense.
My parents are Dominican. I would always go to the Dominican Republic, and I fell in love with Bachata, which comes from the Dominican Republic.
Obama just came swiftly out of nowhere, which was a relief to those of us who care about the Republic, and at first he seemed a very good thing.
I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.
In 2016, let us all join the Rising, and the only final message is this very clear: Up the Rebels. Up a sovereign and independent Irish republic.