Word: dissenters
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Once he took office, Jefferson's views on limited government didn't inhibit his muscular use of power. A born defender of the citizenry's right to dissent from and even actively oppose its leaders' decisions, he strongly aligned himself against the Alien and Sedition Acts, which had been signed by his predecessor Adams. (To the extent that certain elements of the current Patriot Act smack of oppression, Jefferson might find it alarming too.) And following the Louisiana Purchase--whose constitutionality he questioned but whose practical benefits he found irresistible--he boldly claimed the nation's far-reaching wilderness...
Reed, who writes frequently on dissent, is the author of Another Day at the Front
...whom were born with Democratic Party membership in one hand and a silver spoon in the other, Moore doesn’t touch armchair liberalism with a ten foot pole. His leftism comes from, and on behalf of, working class middle America, an America he clearly loves. His dissent is an act of patriotism, and its fierceness takes one’s breath away...
...ruling family and the United States - widely perceived in the Arab world today as a power hostile to Muslim interests - to a monocultural economy whose oil earnings are unable to meet the aspirations of a rapidly growing population. And the absence of democratic channels for the expression of dissent and frustration has amplified the appeal of religious extremism as a form of politics...
...unprecedented move follows months of reported government abuse and widespread popular dissent against Gayoom's regime in the wake of riots in Mal? last September. Local human-rights groups have threatened a campaign to discourage travel to the Maldives, which depends on tourist dollars for 20% of its gross domestic product. "The whole thing was a real eye opener for Gayoom," says one Western analyst, who speculates that the President feared his legacy of transforming these poverty-stricken islands into a world-class holiday destination was under threat...