Self-government
self-government (?), n.1. The act of governing ones self, or the state
of being governed by ones self; self-control; self-command.
2. Hence, government of a community, state, or
nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a
civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic
government; democracy.
It is to self-government, the great principle of
popular representation and administration, -- the system that lets in
all to participate in the councels that are to assign the good or evil
to all, -- that we may owe what we are and what we hope to
be. D. Webster.
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