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
Ruled by the Danish-Norwegian union from 1721, and by Denmark alone from 1814, Greenland established its own Parliament in 1979 and achieved self-rule within the Danish kingdom in 2009.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
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
The book kicks off with the death of the mythical king to ask deeper questions about why people continue to struggle with the responsibility — and the power — that comes with self-rule.
From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025
His positive program of nationalism was dedicated, in its “political” exercise, to the throwing-off of the imperialist bondage and the exercise of the self-rule of the Chinese people.
From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony
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