In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances.

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Neither facts nor pictures seem to sink into our centers of feeling any more.

Neither facts nor pictures seem to sink into our centers of feeling any more.

And for well over a hundred years our politicians, statesmen, and people remembered that this...

And for well over a hundred years our politicians, statesmen, and people remembered that this...

The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very...

The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very...

And it was under Wilson that the first great propaganda slogan was coined and emblazoned...

And it was under Wilson that the first great propaganda slogan was coined and emblazoned...

Newspapers write ringing editorials declaring that this is and always was a democracy.

Newspapers write ringing editorials declaring that this is and always was a democracy.

In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.

In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.

We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn...

We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn...

For in the first place the American people could not have been swept too fast...

For in the first place the American people could not have been swept too fast...

For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead...

For, quite literally, the whole world today is looking for us to take the lead...

His impact would have been of transient memory and comparatively small importance, had not that...

His impact would have been of transient memory and comparatively small importance, had not that...

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

The word democracy comes from the Greek and means, literally, government by the people.

In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and...

In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and...

For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of...

For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of...

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over...

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over...

All alone in a committee room of the Senate Office Building in Washington, I was...

All alone in a committee room of the Senate Office Building in Washington, I was...

The whole country is one vast insane asylum and they're letting the worst patients run...

The whole country is one vast insane asylum and they're letting the worst patients run...

It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program,...

It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program,...

The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a...

The difference is that for a soundly conceived and solidly endowed republic it takes a...

There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both...

There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both...

In the best days of our republic Americans were fiercely proud of the fact that...

In the best days of our republic Americans were fiercely proud of the fact that...