"A Republic, if you can keep it."
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"When public virtue is gone, when the national spirit is fled the republic is lost in essence, though it may still exist in form"
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"Republic. I like the sound of the word."
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"The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them."
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"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.""
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"One of the greatest perils to an extensive republic is the disregard of individual rights."
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"The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was."
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"We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny."
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"The republic I fell in love with, the republic I risked my life to defend, the values I hold dear, the integrity that we all share - these do not know prejudice and they do not accept partiality."
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"The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth."
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"Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic."
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"Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it."
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"Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic."
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"The U.S. prosecution service is eating at the soul of the American republic. It is an absolute danger to everyone."
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"The people are not always well-informed, but is better that they have misconceptions that make them restless than that they be lethargic-for lethargy in the people means death for republics."
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"All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms."
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"What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]"
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""What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?""
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"Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other time."
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"Tacitus appears to have been as great an enthusiast as Petrarch for the revival of the republic and universal empire. He has exerted the vengeance of history upon the emperors, but has veiled the conspiracies against them, and the incorrigible corruption of the people which probably provoked their most atrocious cruelties. Tyranny can scarcely be practised upon a virtuous and wise people."
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