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An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.
-Thomas Jefferson
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An Elective Despotism Was Not The Government

Thomas Jefferson
An elective despotism was not the government we fought for.
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An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among general bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.
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It is not because a part of the government is elective, that makes it less a despotism, if the persons so elected, possess afterwards, as a parliament, unlimited powers. election, in this case, becomes separated from representation, and the candidates are candidates for despotism.
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It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. does your government therefore resemble despotism? yes, as the sword that gleams in the hands of the heroes of liberty resembles that with which the henchmen of tyranny are armed ... the government of the revolution is liberty's despotism against tyranny.
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The war is not going well and it is time to say why. it has been fought with half-measures. it has been fought with an eye on the wishes of our "coalition partners." it has been fought to assuage the arab "street." it has been fought to satisfy the diplomats rather than the generals... why have we not loosed the b-52s and the b-2s to carpet-bomb taliban positions? and why are we giving the taliban sanctuary in their cities? we could drop leaflets giving civilians 48 hours to evacuate, after which the cities become legitimate military targets.
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This idea that once you get into politics you are now signed up for lifelong duty being in elective office, makes a fundamental error - and that is believing that the only way you can hold progressive views and implement them is in elective office.
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We had played a kid's version of gang fighting called "civil war," and then later we had got in on the real thing, we fought with chains and we fought barefisted and we fought socs and we fought other grease gangs. it was a normal childhood.
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