“Only rarely did they advocate specific policies.”

This may well have made it more rather than less democratic than many countries today .

Thus the Western Empire died.

The story of the fifth century was one of the exploitation of imperial weakness.

Although commenting on issues of current importance was more common.

By pagans the Jews (and later Christians) were seen as perverse.

Almost indeed as atheists, for they denied the very existence of other gods.

In the main voters looked more for a capable individual who once elected could do whatever the State required.

At Rome there were nothing even vaguely resembling modern political parties although given the stifling impact of these.

And each candidate for office competed as an individual.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

Head lice have their own animal-rights group, or may as well. The National Pediculosis Association doesn’t exactly advocate letting lice live with dignity, but it does oppose pediculicidal treatments.

There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as ‘caring’ and ‘sensitive’ because he wants to expand the government’s charitable programs is merely saying that he’s willing to try to do good with other people’s money.

Let me just say that we are under the consent decree. There are people in our city [Baltimore] along with the police department and advocates who believe that this is absolutely the right thing to do.

Yeah, but you need an experienced radio veteran who is a liberal advocate. And there just hadn’t been any radio that did that. And so they weren’t trained.

I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.

I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

It has been a process ever since and I am now a big advocate in the message that we are not alone and we all have ample creativity within us if we just trust it.