Palace of CrystalCurrent affairs and peace politics: the dangers of charismatic leaders to democracy and the peace of the world, and how peace might be achieved for the longer term. |
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... executive at the expense of the main body of the Commons and even of the judiciary.* (* Note for example the recent (20th December 2005) case where families of soldiers killed in Iraq who want the prime minister Tony Blair to be held ...
... executive at the expense of the main body of the Commons and even of the judiciary.* (* Note for example the recent (20th December 2005) case where families of soldiers killed in Iraq who want the prime minister Tony Blair to be held ...
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... executive seclusion with their presidents/prime ministers. Henry Kissinger comes irresistibly to mind.). Mussolini is credited with the following: 'War alone brings all human energies to their highest tension, and sets the seal of ...
... executive seclusion with their presidents/prime ministers. Henry Kissinger comes irresistibly to mind.). Mussolini is credited with the following: 'War alone brings all human energies to their highest tension, and sets the seal of ...
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... executive's) intention to favour replacement in the forthcoming discussion, a debate of the same quality as in 1980 on the same issue is most likely. When the need for another book on war was put to a prominent peace campaigner, he ...
... executive's) intention to favour replacement in the forthcoming discussion, a debate of the same quality as in 1980 on the same issue is most likely. When the need for another book on war was put to a prominent peace campaigner, he ...
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... executive (Cabinet) is indeed needed for the smooth. * The re-election to the presidency of James Monroe in 1820 was virtually unanimous. 'The United States was now practically a one-party state, and that was fine with Monroe. “Surely ...
... executive (Cabinet) is indeed needed for the smooth. * The re-election to the presidency of James Monroe in 1820 was virtually unanimous. 'The United States was now practically a one-party state, and that was fine with Monroe. “Surely ...
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... executive ought to have no more power than is required to do its specialised job. Paine's view on the function of the executive could profitably be read out to each minister of our Palace as he or she is elected to the Cabinet. 'The ...
... executive ought to have no more power than is required to do its specialised job. Paine's view on the function of the executive could profitably be read out to each minister of our Palace as he or she is elected to the Cabinet. 'The ...
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