Sentences with phrase «small number of citizens»

The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter, to a small number of citizens elected by the The effect of the first difference is, on the one hand, to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations.

From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction.

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With the rise of a small number of big tech companies — and governments using technology to watch their citizens — many people now believe technology only centralizes power rather than decentralizes it.

He saw human beings as tending to create a number of small and hospitable polities» the household and the city, especially» whose proportions allow a sane balance between collective duty and individual prudence, universal truth and local idiom, society and the citizen.

In the next place, as each representative will be chosen by a greater number of citizens in the large than in the small republic, it will be more difficult for unworthy candidates to practice with success the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried; and the suffrages of the people being more free, will be more likely to centre in men who possess the most attractive merit and the most diffusive and established characters.

and in addition, if a significant portion (even a small minority) of the parliament asks for referendum, they can ask a certain number of citizens to sign the referendum, and if this certain number of signatures is reached, a referendum is held.

Speaking on LBC's Call Clegg, he added he knew the plan to make some naturalised British citizens stateless was controversial, but justifiable in a very small number of cases.

Through financing from the Citizens» Election Fund, candidates that obtain the required number of small donations can receive a lump sum to fund their campaign.

It wasn't clear to most people until quite recently in these places, whether Muslim communities tended to favor left wing or right wing political coalitions at all, because the number of Muslims who could participate politically as citizens was quite small until quite recently.

But he has yet to identify where that money is coming from, and that «unprecedented» amount of funding is actually the smallest, or second smallest, state contribution to the MTA since 2000 when adjusted for inflation, depending on how you crunch the numbers, according to the non-partisan Citizens Budget Commission.

While the 19th and 20th Council Districts are held by two Republicans, Dan Halloran and Peter Koo, the local political clubs are small in number and are often a heaven's waiting room of senior citizens jockeying for a free cup of coffee and stale Entenmann's crumb cake.

As is usually the case with progress toward inclusion and equality, it is a small number of high - minded citizens who are taking bold steps to preserve public education.

A small group of concerned citizens formed the Foundation Against Companion - Animal Euthanasia (FACE) in 1993 to establish programs and policies which would decrease the number of unwanted dogs and cats euthanized in the Indianapolis area each year.

But one should not discount the number of people who genuinely, deeply like the show, from the citizens of Venice who take great pride that it's here (the owner of a small San Marco pasta joint who helped me get home my first night in town was almost moved to tears talking about how much he loved it) to the people who have followed Hirst forever and see this as a triumph in the same vein as his other greatest hits (Courtney Love is a fan).

The South Carolina Civil Justice Coalition has been working since 2003 to improve the legal climate in our state and reduce the number and types of frivolous lawsuits brought against our small, medium and large businesses who provide jobs and the many goods and services for our citizens.

With the rise of a small number of big tech companies — and governments using technology to watch their citizens — many people now believe technology only centralizes power rather than decentralizes it.»