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There are laws against threats and intimidation; and harsh criticism, short of unlawful action, is a price our people have traditionally been willing to pay for self-governance.
Jon Davidson: Prop 8 Defender Flees Televised Discussion Jon Davidson 2010
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There are laws against threats and intimidation; and harsh criticism, short of unlawful action, is a price our people have traditionally been willing to pay for self-governance.
Jon Davidson: Prop 8 Defender Flees Televised Discussion Jon Davidson 2010
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From Cairo to Chicago, the DNA of self-governance is changing.
Lorelei Kelly: Millennial Civics: Your Revolution is Tuesday Lorelei Kelly 2010
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There are laws against threats and intimidation; and harsh criticism, short of unlawful action, is a price our people have traditionally been willing to pay for self-governance.
Jon Davidson: Prop 8 Defender Flees Televised Discussion Jon Davidson 2010
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From Cairo to Chicago, the DNA of self-governance is changing.
Lorelei Kelly: Millennial Civics: Your Revolution Is Tuesday Lorelei Kelly 2010
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An important principle was self-governance by a community from within.
Rajiv Malhotra: Dharma Is Not The Same As Religion Rajiv Malhotra 2011
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However, to pretend that we can allow our corporations and institutions to regulate themselves is particularly foolish, given recent proof of their self-governance.
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At stake, he said, is whether we will have a "dramatically different America" in which "upward mobility, self-reliance and self-governance" are not the prevailing features of this country.
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An important principle was self-governance by a community from within.
Rajiv Malhotra: Dharma Is Not The Same As Religion Rajiv Malhotra 2011
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No one deserves our political support today unless he or she is willing to work for as long as it takes to win the moral fight to steer our nation back toward enterprise and self-governance.
The Debt Ceiling and the Pursuit of Happiness Arthur C. Brooks 2011
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