Estrada Palma, a frugal man, governed successfully for his four year term; yet when he tried to extend his time in office, a revolt ensued.
Ward emphasized universal and comprehensive public schooling to provide the public with the knowledge a democracy needs to successfully govern itself.
Who will unite its opposition factions into a force that can govern successfully?
That is what it will take for a Democrat to win in November and successfully govern in Tallahassee.
If Republicans succeed-if they govern successfully in office and negotiate attractive compromises out of office-Rush's listeners get less angry.
He needed their support in order to govern successfully, he argued, but he could win the election without them.
Mr. Green may well be the next mayor and he will have trouble governing successfully without the enthusiastic support of Mr. Ferrer and his constituents.
"It's almost impossible for people on the left to believe that simple-speaking people can be successful at politics, or can successfully govern."
Finding it impossible to govern successfully, Attlee called a general election in 1951, attempting to achieve a more workable majority.
I successfully governed as a Libertarian in everything but the name, and I am running for president as a Libertarian.