In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SELFGOVERNMENT
Self`-gov"ern*ment, n.
1. The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.
2. Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy. It is to self-government, the great principle of popular representation and administration, -- the system that lets in all to participate in the councels that are to assign the good or evil to all, -- that we may owe what we are and what we hope to be. D. Webster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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