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Vox Populi, Vox Dei : being true Maxims of Government was the next year, 1710, republished under the title of The Judgment of whole Kingdoms and Nations, with considerable alterations. From Reynolds onwards English political use of the phrase was favorable, not referencing the original context of the usage by Alcuin (739) who in a letter advised the emperor Charlemagne to resist such a dangerous democratic idea on the grounds that "the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness". The 1709 tract's use of the Latin phrase was consistent with earlier usage of vox populi, vox Dei in English political history since at least as early as 1327 when the Archbishop of Canterbury Walter Reynolds brought charges against King Edward II in a sermon "Vox populi, vox Dei". “There being no natural or divine Law for any Form of Government, or that one Person rather than another should have the sovereign Administration of Affairs, or have Power over many thousand different Families, who are by Nature all equal, being of the same Rank, promiscuously born to the same Advantages of Nature, and to the Use of the same common Faculties therefore Mankind is at Liberty to choose what Form of Government they like best.” The most cited section of the revised (1710) version of the pamphlet read: There is no evidence for persistent attribution to Daniel Defoe or John Somers as authors. The author is unknown but was probably either Robert Ferguson or Thomas Harrison. Vox Populi, Vox Dei (Latin, 'the voice of the people is the voice of God') was used as the title of a Whig tract of 1709, which was expanded in 1710 and later reprintings as The Judgment of whole Kingdoms and Nations: Concerning the Rights, Power, and Prerogative of Kings, and the Rights, Privileges, and Properties of the People.
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‘Meanwhile, the BBC offers this vox populi from Iraqi women.’.‘These latest victories of vox populi remind us that, by standing up and voicing our dissent, we can still make a difference - at least for a week.’.‘It controlled its people through vox populi, popular opinion.’.‘In the lands of booming economies, low inflation and unemployment, the vox populi was screaming in anger.’.‘The quality of a leader is a person who is not awed by vox populi.’.‘Yeomans plans to wait and hear the vox populi only after the report is written, an approach Rotrand views as ironic.’.‘Our Richard Quest has journeyed to just that place to gauge the vox populi in the hotly contested state of Florida.’.‘Untener believed that vox populi, vox Dei: the people's voice is the voice of God.’.‘Societies are organized, like the Roman Empire, on a system which has many of the elements of vox populi.’.‘This both pre-empts the accusation of racism, and dismisses it by claiming to be merely vox populi.’.‘Suddenly the voices of Sir Bob Geldof and his fellow protesters seem rather out of tune with the vox populi.’.‘Newspapers seek to serve the people who read them: the opinion columns are not the vox populi.’.
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‘Indeed, New York seems to be listening to the vox populi more than professional critics.’.‘In the case of alternative country music the vox populi is more subtle, but no less potent.’.