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by force ofBy means of: disputes were sometimes settled by force of arms...- And it was evident we couldn't force democracy on people by force of arms…
- They would take on the authorities of their day by force of arms and die, gloriously or ingloriously, to be remembered as heroes and patriots.
- The architects of self-governance reform did not envision the division of powers as a dynamic process, but saw it as a defined, static result to be achieved by force of will and set down in law.
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