Its solid institutions and strong rule of law serve as valuable examples of the benefits of peaceful progression.

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While others argued that only those with their own means would be free to serve, thereby instating a form of aristocratic rule, Franklin felt differently.

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President Boris Yeltsin's fitful rule is seen to be ever more designed to serve the purposes of those around him, and ever less to serve the interests of the people at large.

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But senators have a higher responsibility -- not to decide whether they personally agree with every position a nominee has taken but to rule on whether the president's choice is qualified to serve.

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Instead seek to serve them their way, based on what they said, exhibiting The Golden Golden Rule, doing unto others as they would have done unto them.

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Instead, representatives and brokers serve the interests of their employers and their own wallets, and conflicts of interest are the rule of the land.

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Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn says the work rule and hiring flexibility of the auto maker's recent Spanish labor contract can serve as a road map for its efforts to cut costs in France.

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