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"True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people. There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate."

Marquis de Lafayette, French Revolutionary

People, Rights, Nation

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"True republicanism is the sovereignty of the people. There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate."

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