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Federation   /fˌɛdərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Federation

noun
1.
An organization formed by merging several groups or parties.
2.
A union of political organizations.  Synonyms: confederacy, confederation.
3.
The act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs.



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"Federation" Quotes from Famous Books



... begun to fade just as soon as the Machiavellian idea began to prevail. The State is not the end of the existence of people. The State must grow broader and broader until, let us hope, we shall see "the parliament of man, the federation of the world." Our sympathy with Cuba, with the Armenians, with Ireland, with Poland, rises up to refute Machiavelli and his right of the State to crush for mere pleasure of power. "If Machiavelli had been at Jerusalem two thousand years ago, ...
— Volume 10 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann

... party politics. 3. The spirit of nationality. Independence of Greece and Belgium. Unification of Italy and Germany. National revivals in Poland, Bulgaria, Servia, Rumania, Bohemia, Finland, Ireland, and elsewhere. Pan-Germanism, Pan-Slavism, Imperial Federation. 4. Class consciousness and strife. Feudal aristocratic class—leans toward absolute monarchy. Bourgeoisie (employing capitalists)—leans toward limited monarchies or republics. Labor—leans toward socialism. (The other elements in the society are slow in developing a group consciousness.) ...
— College Teaching - Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College • Paul Klapper

... ashamed of yourselves at the very thought of it! Well may "T. LAWRENCE-HAMILTON, M.R.C.S., late Honorary President of the Fishermen's Federation," say, in an indignant letter to Mr. Punch:—"Perhaps ridicule may wake up some of our salary-sucking statesmen, and permanent, higher, over-paid Government officials, who are legally and morally responsible for the present state of chaotic confusion in which these national matters have been ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892 • Various

... well to tell them, provided they would pledge themselves not to mention it to others without his permission. This pledge they gave, and Jerry stated that he was a national organizer for the American Federation of Labour, which had resolved to unionize these munition-plants, and to establish the eight hour day. But it was of the utmost importance that the bosses should not get wind of the matter; it must not be revealed ...
— Jimmie Higgins • Upton Sinclair

... the votes of a majority of the States, thereby to cause Prussia to be outvoted, and to leave her in the dilemma of accepting a decision which was harmful to herself or of openly breaking with the Federation. On every matter which came up the same scenes repeated themselves; now it was the disposal of the fleet, which had to a great extent been provided for and maintained by Prussian money; Austria demanded ...
— Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire • James Wycliffe Headlam


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