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501:; he eulogized his intelligence and unique character even at a time when the Prime Minister had created enemies in the monarchist movement by establishing an administrative dictatorship. The republicans knew how to seize on Alpoim's passions, his desire for power and of those who gravitated in Alpoim's circle; by May 1907 José Maria de Alpoim had become an enemy of the monarchist movement, was ready to install a republic and had convinced even his monarchist friend the Viscount of Ribeira Brava to join him in the plot. Accompanied by Francisco Correia Herédia (the Viscount of Ribeira Brava), he held meetings with
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political alignments. This opinion developed over time, from his early engagement in the
Progressive Party, and later as leader of Progressive Dissidence, where he realized that rotational system of government could not resolve the problems in the society. Many of his critiques and disenchantments came from his opinions of the monarchy, and in particular King
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As leader of a small political party, Alpoim soon realized that the only way to take power, and/or change the system, came from taking it by force. Alpoim was monarchist with poor conviction, and observed attentively the activities of the republicans in the press, commissions and made it clear his
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was declared in 1910, he returned to
Portugal, dissolved Progressive Dissidence, and joined the new regime. Alpoim moved from a position as the Attorney-General of the Crown to adjunct to the Attorney-General of the Republic, but was initially ostracized politically. He considered himself a
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What I wouldn't give for a revolution!...To put the King in his place...I have nothing to lose, my sons are taken care of, what I have would allow me to live in
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as a symbol of the political institution, José Maria de Alpoim, above all, despised profoundly the personage of King Carlos as well as the institution:
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212:Nationality
180:2 June 1858
141:Preceded by
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624:Later life
617:O Repórter
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472:D. Carlos
336:Biography
262:Residence
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