| Andrew White Young - 1835 - 316 pages
...that they do not seem to know that they could be in a better condition. 2. An aristocracy. This is a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by privileged What is a despotism ? Give the original signification of the word despot. Its present. Define... | |
| Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1843 - 216 pages
...idea correctly ; it means commonwealth. Many writers have used it to designate a popular government, a government in which the supreme power is exercised...into two classes — Aristocratic and Democratic, according as a portion or the whole of the people govern. But the name of a republic has also been... | |
| Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1844 - 394 pages
...idea correctly; it means commonwealth. Many writers have used it to designate a popular government, a government in which the supreme power is exercised...republics into two classes— Aristocratic and Democratic, according as a portion or the whole of the people govern. But the name of a republic has also been... | |
| Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1853 - 456 pages
...idea correctly ; it means commonwealth. Many writers have used it to designate a popular government, a government in which the supreme power is exercised...from monarchy. Thus they divide republics into two classes—Aristocratic and Democratic, according as a portion or the whole of the people govern. But... | |
| James Stormonth - 1872 - 290 pages
...death; decease. democracy, n. d8-m&k'r&-sl (Gr. demos, the people ; hrateo, I reign as a sovereign), a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the people : dem'ocrat, n. a friend to popular government: democratic, a., also democrat'ical, a, demolish,... | |
| James Stormonth - 1874 - 330 pages
...dii-mdr'-lf, that which deserves punishment. demise, n. dS-mlz', death. democracy, n. dg-mdk'-rd-st, a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the pr»ple: dem'ocrat, n. a friend to popular government : democratic, a., also democrat 'ical, a.... | |
| James Stormonth - 1879 - 810 pages
...democracy—from demos, the people, and Icrateo, I am strong, I reign as a sovereign), government by the people ; a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the people collectively: democrat, n. dôtn'-o-krat, a friend to popular government: dem'ocrat'Ic,... | |
| 1897 - 868 pages
...— from drmos, the people; /crated, I. am strong, I reign as a sovereign]: government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the people collectively. DEMOCRAT, n. dem'6-krat, a friend to popular government. DEM'OCRAT'IC, a.... | |
| Frederick Pollock - 1921 - 546 pages
...give demos and Jtratus through derivatives, which leads to the same meaning. properly speaking, is a form of government in which the supreme power is exercised by the people collectively. Many experiences of such a form of government have been attempted, but they... | |
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