Quotes About Republic

viva la República de la Concha!»

Por "república" he entendido constantemente no una democracia ni cualquier otra forma de gobierno, sino cualquier comunidad independiente

cualquiera que sea la forma adoptada por la república, debería el poder dirigente gobernar por leyes declaradas y bien recibidas y no por dictados repentinos y resoluciones indeterminadas, porque entonces se hallarían los hombres en harto peor condición que en el estado de naturaleza

Poor France, poor France! News of the dreadful massacre at Paris just reaches us, and the letters and newspapers not arriving to-day, everybody fears a continuation of the crisis. How is it to end? Who 'despairs of the republic?' Why, I do! I fear, I fear, that it cannot stand in France, and you seem to have not much more hope.

My name is Zanya Farweather, and I'm a representative of the Autonomous Collective Republic of Freeports." "You're a pirate." "If you're a fascist, sure.

The Prince. Some would insist that the book was inspired by the devil.25 But Machiavelli was only a close student of Aristotle's version of civic liberty, which led him in the wake of Savonarola's fall to ask some uncomfortable questions. What if God really didn't care whether Florence survived as a republic or not? What if God didn't really care whether men lived as free men or slaves? And what if human nature suits us as much for servitude as it does for liberty?

Young Niccolò had been bred to read the classics and believe in the ideal of civic humanism, even though that ideal was contradicted everywhere he looked.26 Then came 1492 and Savonarola. The republic had been reborn; it even managed to survive the disgrace and death of its would-be messiah.

life."6 In short, a democracy like Athens or a republic like Florence was a cooperative partnership, in which men agree to be the best they can be in both their public and their private lives, instead of (as in Plato's Republic) having those rules imposed from above.

it was believed, liberty opens the door to a standard of excellence in both public and private affairs unknown to those living in servitude or unfree societies. In short, a republic built on Aristotle's model will allow men to achieve their highest potential not only as political animals, but as complete moral beings.

Christianity also offered a hereafter, in which every soul would be judged according to its merits, just as Plato related in his Republic: except that the judges were not mythic figures from a shadowy pagan underworld, but the awesome team of Father and Son and Their heavenly angels.

Aun así, es interesante recordar lo que en los años setenta dijo al respecto un viejo comunista: Si hubiésemos ganado la guerra, a Companys también lo habríamos fusilado nosotros, por traidor a la República.

Quienes hoy hablan de la Segunda República como de un edén social frustrado por el capricho de cuatro curas y generales no tienen ni puñetera idea de lo que pasó, ni han abierto un libro de historia serio en su vida

Banqueros de postín como Juan March, que a esas alturas ya habían puesto la pasta a buen recaudo en el extranjero, empezaron a ofrecerse para financiar un golpe de Estado como Dios manda, y algunos destacados generales contactaron discretamente con los gobiernos de Alemania e Italia para sondear cómo verían el sartenazo a la República.

en contra de lo que suele contarse, una parte del Ejército y de la Guardia Civil permaneció fiel a la República).

Obreros y campesinos con escopetas de caza y fusiles que no sabían usar mantuvieron media España para la República y murieron con verdadero heroísmo en la otra media.

Manuel Azaña, por ejemplo, resumió bastante bien el paisaje en sus memorias, cuando escribió aquello de Reducir aquellas masas a la disciplina, hacerlas entrar en una organización militar del Estado, con mandos dependientes del gobierno, para sostener la guerra conforme a los planes de un estado mayor, constituyó el problema capital de la República.

Aquellos a quienes he visto morir lo hacen sin gritar viva la República ni viva nada. Sólo caen y se quedan quietos para siempre.

Delenda est monarchia, dijo Ortega y Gasset. Y a eso se dedicó el personal, pensando en una república. La verdad es que el rey lo había puesto fácil.

O sea, que la República debe resistir hasta la última gota de tu sangre. —Y de la tuya. —Prefiero que sea de la tuya… Tú eres el hombre de acción, Simón. Lo mío son las ideas, ya sabes. La política. —Se lo recordaré a los fascistas cuando vengan y pregunten.

The Islamic Republic is proud to be the target of the rage of the world's greatest Satan. in response to George W. Bush's assertion of Iran as part of an axis of evil

I believe that George Bush won the election through the vote of the people and the way our republic is set up. All we did was follow the law in the Department of State.

Providing classified information to a foreign agent of the People's Republic of China is a real and serious threat to our national security.

A republic has been established, and our compatriots in Mongolia, Tibet, Qinghai and Xinjiang, who have always been a part of China, are all now Chinese citizens who are masters of their country.

Frequent mobs, seditions, and at last civil wars, became common, while a few leading men on whom the masses were dependent, affected supreme power under the seemly pretence of seeking the good of senate and people; citizens were judged good or bad, without reference to their loyalty to the republic (for all were equally corrupt); but the wealthy and dangerously powerful were esteemed good citizens, because they maintained the existing state of things.