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"etymology_text": "Shortened from earlier phrase \"nation of laws and not of men,\" a common expression of the rule of law.",
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"ref": "1976, Carpenter - Volume 96–97, page 18",
"text": "We talk a lot about being \"a nation of laws,\" but some of the laws found on the books of states, counties and municipalities are a bit much.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2012, Peter Jan Honigsberg, Our Nation Unhinged, page 16",
"text": "If we are to be a nation of laws, we must follow the rule of law consistently and not abandon it when times get tough.",
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"A nation-state that is subject to the rule of law."
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"(chiefly US) A nation-state that is subject to the rule of law."
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"word": "regstaat"
},
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
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"word": "retsstat"
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"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
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"word": "rechtsstaat"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"word": "oikeusvaltio"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
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"word": "État de droit"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
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"word": "Rechtsstaat"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"word": "negara hukum"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "stato di diritto"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beopchigukga",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"word": "법치국가"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
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"word": "rettsstat"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
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"word": "estado de direito"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
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"word": "rättsstat"
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"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
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"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2012, Peter Jan Honigsberg, Our Nation Unhinged, page 16",
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"code": "af",
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"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"word": "regstaat"
},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"tags": [
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"word": "retsstat"
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"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
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"word": "rechtsstaat"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"word": "oikeusvaltio"
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"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "État de droit"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Rechtsstaat"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"word": "negara hukum"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "stato di diritto"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"word": "법치국가"
},
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "rettsstat"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estado de direito"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "nation-state subject to rule of law",
"tags": [
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"word": "rättsstat"
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{
"code": "fy",
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"word": "rjochtssteat"
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"word": "nation of laws"
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