Sentences with phrase «democratic republican tradition»

I should probably add that unlike John Milton, Bernard Crick, and the Clangers, Brian Clough probably can't be fitted into the democratic republican tradition.

Stuart says: «I should probably add that unlike John Milton, Bernard Crick, and the Clangers, Brian Clough probably can't be fitted into the democratic republican tradition.

The democratic republican tradition was missing in action for most of the next half century.

The democratic republican tradition goes back to Athens after 461 BCE with the triumph of a revolutionary democratic programme led by the poor (free men) of the polis.

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But the Republicans benefitted greatly from changes within another religious tradition, as Evangelical Protestants simultaneously moved away from Democratic partisanship and toward both greater political involvement and Republican partisanship.

Religious traditions tied most closely to the Republican Party were less swayed by economic considerations than were their Democratic counterparts, and the least religiously observant voters in both traditions were the ones most influenced by economic woes.

It was a longstanding principle of the civic republican tradition that power follows wealth; and for that reason a rough equality of property was assumed to be one of the prerequisites of a democratic republic.

Note that McCormick sometimes presents his argument as «democratic» rather than «republican», but has also been happy to include it in the «popular republican'tradition.

«The Democratic Party heals much more quickly than the Republican Party because we experience a lot more in terms of primaries and our party has a history and a tradition of disagreeing.

Reeves and Collins are happy to let the House of Lords «wither on the vine», express an anti-pluralist instinct for unicameralism rather more common in the collectivist tradition than the democratic republican one.

Four years ago, the state Business Council broke with tradition and made an endorsement in the governor's race for the first time in its 30 - year history, backing then - state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic frontrunner, over his Republican challenger, Carl Paladino.

This is especially true since the party had already fulfilled its tradition of backing a token Republican when it endorsed political newcomer Harry Wilson against Democratic state Controller Tom DiNapoli.

Former Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Matt Flynn said Tuesday he's running for governor because the state's progressive traditions are being «obliterated» by Republican Gov. Scott Walker.

Like their Republican counterparts, Cardinale said, a Sanders - inspired super-progressive movement would value ideological purity over electability and would threaten the Democratic Party's «big tent» tradition of accommodating a wide range of viewpoints.

In giving to the GOP group, many of the big businesses said they were simply following a time - honored corporate tradition of donating to both parties — though most of these companies donated more to the Republican group than its Democratic counterpart.