The Republic of Lucca was an ancient and historic State of Tuscany, which lasted from 1160 to 1805 on the central Italian peninsula.
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“The United States is a republic, and a republic is a state in which the people are the boss. That means us. And if the big shots in Washington don’t do like we vote, we don’t vote for them, by golly, no more.”
—Willis Goldbeck (1900–1979)