Definition of Commonwealth

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Commonwealth

A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.

The whole body of people in a state; the public.

Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659.

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Commonwealth Quotations

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

If the choice were made, one for us to lose our sovereignty and become a member of the Commonwealth or remain with our sovereignty and lose the membership of the Commonwealth, I would say let the Commonwealth go.
Robert Mugabe

It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
Elizabeth II

For you see this scripture fulfilled this day and therefore I desire you as you tender the Lord and the church and commonwealth to consider and look what you do.
Anne Hutchinson

Though bachelors be the strongest stakes, married men are the best binders, in the hedge of the commonwealth.
Thomas Fuller

The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland.
James Larkin

In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.
Albert Bushnell Hart

The capacity of the commonwealth government created under the local constitution to exercise governmental powers in local affairs is like that of local government in the states of the union in regard to non-federal affairs at the local level.
Dick Thornburgh

Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists because they are convinced that such a transformation of society can only result from the establishment of a commonwealth of property.
Johann Most

My vision for Kentucky is a Commonwealth where there is so much economic opportunity, and our quality of life is so high, that people who are born here can stay here, and people who aren't fortunate enough to be born in Kentucky, can look forward to locating here.
Ernie Fletcher

Commonwealth Translations

commonwealth in Latin is res publica
commonwealth in Spanish is comunidad de naciones

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