Hong Kong has a reputation for freedom in spite of the People's Republic of China. It has a strong tradition of free speech.
Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't have royals in Australia, so it was kind of unusual to run into those kind of people. But aside from that it was quite ordinary.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, believed to have one of the highest rates of sexual violence in the world, girls and women face increased peril on the road to safety.
The Dominican Republic is my holy land, my Mecca.
It is not, perhaps, unreasonable to conclude, that a pure and perfect democracy is a thing not attainable by man, constituted as he is of contending elements of vice and virtue, and ever mainly influenced by the predominant principle of self-interest. It may, indeed, be confidently asserted, that there never was that government called a republic, which was not ultimately ruled by a single will, and, therefore, (however bold may seem the paradox,) virtually and substantially a monarchy.
The Republic of Texas is no more.
The Islamic State is dangerous, a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic is even more so.
Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity.
Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.
We must smother the internal and external enemies of the Republic or perish with it; now in this situation, the first maxim of your policy ought to be to lead the people by reason and the people's enemies by terror.
It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic.
It's important to show that, while authorizing the demonstrations and promoting diversity of opinion, the Republic can't allow itself to be undermined from within.
When public virtue is gone, when the national spirit is fled the republic is lost in essence, though it may still exist in form
The republic I fell in love with, the republic I risked my life to defend, the values I hold dear, the integrity that we all share - these do not know prejudice and they do not accept partiality.
With people's revolutionary rage, the king will be ousted and a democratic state, Islamic Republic, will be established.
Los Estados Unidos has turned into a banana republic, a fascist banana republic.
After the signing of the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin was asked by a woman on the street, "What have you given us, sir?" Franklin Responded, "A Republic, if you can keep it. " A critical moment in history has come; our Republic is in jeopardy. Can we keep it? If the answer to that question, as I fear, is "no," then we have no one to blame but ourselves.
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have to respect the Turkish Republic's laws
If there ever is to be a republic of every village in India, then I claim verity for my picture in which the last is equal to the first or, in other words, no one is to be the first and none the last.
No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails.