There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both foreshadowed and prepared the way for all republics of later ages, including our own.

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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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of...

In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of...

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 American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries...

The American Republic was bound - is still bound - to follow in the centuries...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In our Constitution governmental power is divided among three separate branches of the national government,...

In our Constitution governmental power is divided among three separate branches of the national government,...

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...

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.

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...

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.