They were journalists so it would be writing.
The dep. of Treasury (most likely), it has existed since Washington's presidency.
For Dictatorship, the second answer is incomplete, a dictator may obtain power not only through elections but by a military or institutional coup d'état, a civil war or a military intervention by a foreign power.
In a republic, power is held by those citizens that are able and government is a public matter (res publica in latin) to vote and the power comes from their vote during elections.
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analysis and proof of morality
