absolute rule
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As Arendt understood, the criminal state eliminates one of the final barriers to absolute rule.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2024
The Heat know it’s not an absolute rule.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2020
In 1975, after nearly four decades of absolute rule, Spain’s Generalissimo Francisco Franco died, two weeks before his 83rd birthday.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2018
Monarchs over one-sixth of the globe, they played at Western niceties while clinging to Byzantine notions of absolute rule.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2016
Maurice, ambitious of absolute rule and jealous of the influence of Barneveldt, was interested in the continuance of the war, and lost no opportunity of hostile action against the great statesman.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
