Most members of Concord's population were concerned with the town's religion, taxes, local government and other matters that were centralized around their town. ... Concord was a town that was compiled of mostly farmers. ... Concord is amazing in the ways that it manages to remain focused on what is important for the town, as well as the colonies as a whole. ... Concord was setting an example that still reigns true today, we cannot allow those that oppose us to change our ways of living. ... For the town of Concord, "Nearly all of the local life took on a military cast." ...

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The town that people under Laozi's ideal government lives in, is peaceful and quite (Laozi, 31), but not uninviting. ... The argument about how the government takes away our freedom by invading our privacy in the American society as it stands today is non-existant in Laozi's ideal government because it practices wuwei. ...

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And not only that, but we are also wasteful with our money and food as well. ... With fast food restaurants located in every town and city on the map, and our seemingly endless supply of food, it's no wonder we waste so much food. It's all too easy to take our supply of food for granted. ... Who could worry about wasting food when our pockets are full of enough money to buy fast food everyday, and our kitchen cabinets are stocked full? ... And there seems to be nothing yet to change our ways. ...

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At one moment or another you've must asked yourself what is government and what role does it play in our lives. ... At every level, government makes laws that citizens must obey and creates policies about everything connected with the daily of a community "whether that community is a nation, a state, or the town where you live. ...

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It would be good to censor anything ghastly that the press can say about the government, famous people, and things that happen in a city or town. ... Third Speaker: As a society we want our young people to be literate, thoughtful, and caring human beings; but we also attempt to control what they read, think, and care about. ... As a society we must recognize that due to de deficit of censorship in our country the government, the press, and the media have gone to far with their actions, and that there must be a way to stop it. ...

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The definitions are as follows, "1: an inhabitant of a city or town; especially: one entitled to the rights and privileges of a freeman 2 a: a member of a state b: a native or naturalized person who owes allegiance to a government and is entitled to protection from it." ... In Antigone's time the fine didn't fit the crime, although many would argue this true today our society is much more lenient that theirs. ...

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Moreover, there are three levels of government: Federal (Concerns to all Canadians for the whole country), Provincial and Territorial (mainly administer to the needs for Provinces and Territories) and Municipal and Regional (creates their own laws for city, town, villageetc.). ... Even the most significant changes in the last 10 years of our political history have tended to focus primarily on reforming politics to better serve the interests of voters.... It is important to everyone to choose a right government to help us manage things for our behalf. ... "Citizens require a wide backgroun...

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The consideration of using transportation to alleviate poverty is a step in the right direction, as making it easier for jobs to be created in cities, towns and villages; replacing poor design with better design; improving the conditions in which people live, work, travel and take leisure; and widening the choice of high quality homes, with the improvement within the transportation sector. ... The government's decision to enhance the safety of our skies by improving air navigation, surveillance and traffic control systems is essential with the upgrading of radar systems to meet the deman...

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The word "democracy," as well as the concept it represents, can be traced back to the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The beginnings of democracy can be credited to the Greeks of the sixth century BC. The word comes from two Greek words: demos, meaning "the people," and kratein, meaning "to ...

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The Influence of the Greeks on American Democracy "Tyranny is the rule of one man to the advantage of the ruler, oligarchy to the advantage of the rich, democracy to the advantage of the poor." -Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole body of citizens, under procedures of majority rule. This type of democracy is know as a direct democracy, however the form of government that citizens exercise the same right not in person but through elected representatives is known as a representative democracy. Today in the United States of Amer...

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