government of the people, by the people, and for the people
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In a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, the public cannot allow their vital role in the rulemaking process to be silenced.
From Slate
“We’re here today to in fact make sure that after so many people in our country have fought and fought and died for democracy, that we are going to be — stay — a government of the people, by the people and for the people,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
That’s government of the people, by the people and for the people at its most basic level.
From Los Angeles Times
Takei recalled how his father taught him how the government “of the people, by the people and for the people,” as Abraham Lincoln put it in his Gettysburg Address, could also prove a weakness.
From Seattle Times
Article 2 of the French Constitution says that the principle of the Republic is “government of the people, by the people and for the people.”
From New York Times
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