body politic

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And it's one that fails to acknowledge the essential role fat plays in our bodies and in the body politic.

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Now we have a courageous judge trying to prevent further damage to the body politic at the hands of Trump and his mob, who are actively intimidating witnesses, prosecutors and judges.

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"In the body politic as in the body personal, nonresistance to the milder indulgences paves the way for nonresistance to the deadlier."

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It seeps out into the ether and infects the body politic.

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Christie is right that Trump is a cancer on our body politic.

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