In a republic the Government is obeyed grumblingly, because it has no bedazzlements or sanctities to gild it.
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Hardliners have seized the chance to accuse President Muhammad Khatami of allowing western-style freedoms to flourish at the expense of Islamic sanctities.
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They are encroaching upon the people's sanctities and what the people love...
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