representative government

Example Sentences

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“That’s the goal is to have a representative government and free trade and free commerce.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The foundations for representative government, the 365-day Julian calendar, modern sanitation, newspapers, roads and the postal system were established in Rome.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Characterized by Paine as “nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense,” his words transformed a colonial fight for rights under royal rule into a globally significant revolution for liberty under representative government.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

To Lodhi, "the constitution governs the affairs of the state, and only a genuinely representative government can amend it."

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Cobbett hated Rush because of Rush’s prominent connection to the Revolution and his belief in representative government.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy