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body politic

They were both a part of the black body politic.

When men look upon themselves as individuals, that is cancer in the body politic.

You can't say a cancer is eating away at the body politic.

As a leader, he does not want to go beyond what the body politic can endorse.

The 2000 election is still an open sore on the body politic.

Political parties have often been attacked as bad things in the body politic.

So for the good of the body politic, maybe it's just as well the process was stalled this time.

We have, it seems, entered the body politic with a good deal of passion.

How much could the Israeli body politic absorb at once?

Thus, to actually have any meaningful impact on the body politic, its best to vote independent.