self-rule
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"The issue of self-rule is one of the major problems between the two sides."
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
“I have no doubt in my mind,” he wrote, “that Burma cannot form part of India under Swaraj,” or self-rule.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The Dalai Lama has advocated a "middle way" to resolve the status of Tibet - genuine self-rule for Tibet within China.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
As patriots readied for battle and loyalists clung to the British crown, Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” a fiercely persuasive pamphlet that united Colonists to fight against monarchy in the name of self-rule.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025
If I were without object, without hope, without experience, without the power of self-rule which such experience gives, you might well fear for me.
From Deerbrook by Martineau, Harriet
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African History - Introductory
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