The power of taxation and tariffs were given to the states, and each state had its own currency, which made it difficult to interstate trade. ... Some people were afraid to let the national government have a lot of power of the economy. ... By granting to Congress a power to collect moneys from the commerce of these states, indefinitely as to time and quantity, and for the expenditure of which they are not to be accountable to the states, they would become independent of their constituents; and so the proposed impost is repugnant to the liberty of the United States. " (Document A) This quote f...

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In the late 1800's, the United States was abandoning isolationism and emerging as a new power on the global stage. ... Beveridge quoted, "Today we are raising more [crops] than we can consume. ... Navy and a military historian, transformed America into a naval power. ... Using his quote, "God is training the Anglo-Saxon race for its mission [to civilize] weaker races." ... All in all, America needed to become a world power to survive. ...

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This quote talks about Gatsby's daily agenda and how in the earlier days he upheld the pure American Dream "No wasting time at Shafters, No more smoking or chewing, Read one improving book or magazine per week, Save $3.00 per week, Be better to parents" (page 181- 182). ... This quote shows the pristine goals of where the possibilities were endless and one could accomplish anything through hard work. The American dream became corrupted, its main aims were wealth and power. ... This quote shows the lack of motivation and meaningless to which the empty rich society has turned to. ...

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This quote talks about Gatsby's daily agenda and how in the earlier days he upheld the pure American Dream "No wasting time at Shafters, No more smoking or chewing, Read one improving book or magazine per week, Save $3.00 per week, Be better to parents" (page 181- 182). ... This quote shows the pristine goals of where the possibilities were endless and one could accomplish anything through hard work. The American dream became corrupted, its main aims were wealth and power. ... This quote shows the lack of motivation and meaningless to which the empty ri...

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David Thoreau would unarguably agree with Plato's quote. ... Now does that not sound similar to the quote taken from The Apology? ... This quote proves to the readers that many politicians make illegal and unjust decisions on their own. ... The welfare of the State and the interests of the people in power are prioritized over justice. ... The answer is mentioned in this quote: "If the tax-gatherer, or any other public officer, asks me, as one has done, "But what shall I do?" ...

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Can humans actually over power volcanoes and other natural causes? ... The government seems to have the only benefiting factor in this whole situation, power. Any time a controlling group of people can manipulate an ignorant group of people, the first group can seize easy money, and power. ... The fact still remains that humans could not ever match up to the power of volcanoes. ...

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According to Document A, in the text when it says "Other nations have undertaken hostile interference against us. hampering our power. limiting our greatness and checking our fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence(God) for free development of our yearly multiplying millions.... It is because this quote shows why Texas became a state on the United States instead of a territory in Mexico. ... " This quote shows us that James Polk provoked the Mexican Army to fight. ... " this quote shows us that United States was unjustified in going...

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"In Civil Disobedience", Henry David Thoreau, stresses on the true importance of the individual and his power to alter governmental injustices. ... King utilizes emotion in a tremendous way by quoting the Bible and mentioning Christ's doings. ... King later uses a different form of emotional appeal when he speaks of his personal encounters with racism, quoting his five year old son with an ingenuous question: "Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?". ... Thoreau here radiates emotion while connecting morality; he is inviting the audience to be humble and ...

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People will not demand what they do not want or need, but a want or a need unbacked by purchasing power is not a demand. ... Need without purchasing power will not create effective demand in the marketplace. ... The prices quoted are wholesale prices, in cents of 1972 purchasing power. ...

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They have a lot of power that can go against or for the will of the people. One aspect of this power is judicial review. ... This statement and, "Justice is Blind", are the quotes that the judges have to keep foremost in their minds when they are trying a case. ... Since the judicial system has the power of judicial review, it has the power to rule against anything that has been passed by Congress. ... They have the power of judicial review. ...

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN I chose this book because the title was "prelude to greatness" meaning the author was saying that Abraham Lincoln was great when he came into power. ... He didn't quote anybody for his book....

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Henry Kissinger's quote, "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac" has been depicted throughout history. ... Correspondingly, "soft power" was presented as an opposing tactic to "hard power.... Others have cleverly been able to combine hard and soft power and call it "smart power.... In this first example, it can be proven that a soft power can exist without a hard power. ... In the second example, it can be proven that a hard power can exist without a soft power. ...

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Besides, he stressed that the United States should set up a government without the power of any king and nobility, this made the people determined to have revolution. ... The ideal of declaration directly quoted from the British philosopher John Locke's writings. ... From the United States Constitution in 1787, it said that the legislative power grants from the constitution are belonged to the senate and the house of representatives of the United States congress. ...

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This complex issue can be boiled down to the question "who gives the government its power?" ... The constitution owes its legitimacy to the Declaration of Independence, which all but quotes Locke's views of the social contract. ... Through the balance of power established by the constitution, tyrannical laws are winnowed out. ... It does have the power to impeach both Presidents and Justices, and thus through this power can enforce the correct behavior of the Executive and Judicial branches. ... This is the power of judicial review. ...

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The preceding statement is quoted from Jaquiline Rose Cerda, daughter of Jack and Lorena Cerda, and, thankfully, my niece. Her statement, while usually seen as an adorable yet common, can be compared to many other statements, quoted from much more well-known persons. ... Before Hitler and Stalin were power-crazed sufficiently enough to slaughter millions. ...

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Three Points in Dr Kings Speech One of the major points that Martin Luther King brought up in his speech was the Vietnamese point of view. He stated that they must look at the U.S as hypocrites who didn't want them free(853). When the Vietnamese tried to claim their independence in 1945 we only mad...

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Document 1, a quote from the editor of a newspaper who fully supported the ratification of the Constitution, felt that it was needed because the country was in distress and no one had respect for their country. ... It formed a loose government in which state governments had more power than the national government. ... She opposed it because she felt there was no security in the system, providing no balance of power or protection of basic rights. ... Most anti-federalists believed that the states should hold the power or the rule over the national government. ... Although it was written in 178...

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"Charles I, who succeeded his father James, in 1625, proved even more stubborn about royal power. He disbanded Parliament from 1629 to 1640 and levied taxes by decree".3 This quotes shows the political turmoil that England was in during this time period. ... This quote explains the new way of leadership after the restoration of Charles II. ... The following years presented a fight to gain power between Charles II and King James II. ... The French and Indian War was the first time that the colonist became united as a nation being able to fight a major power in the world and win. ...

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Justice O"Connor's "protect us from our own best intentions" quote very plainly points out the importance of federalism. The overwhelming significance of the each decision made concerning federalism must be consistent with this notion of protecting ourselves for our "own best interests" that is to say from the centralization of power. Chief Justice Marshall's ideals are set forth in the given quote as he explains the reasoning and need for vagueness in the Constitution (and therefore federalism). ... Justice Marshall wrote that the power to tax involves the power to destroy. ......

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However, several key topics would be held in question fervently enough to discern a clear separation of these two parties and an ensuing struggle for power and enactment of ideals would occur. The party in power at the start of this quest was the Federalists, whose members included the president of the time, George Washington. ... Thomas Jefferson felt that with hard-working, moral, virtuous farmers the nation would be shaped in the same manner and is quoted as writing, "Corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age nor nation has furnished an example" (M...

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In the book, The Just War, Paul Ramsey quotes St. ... Again in Ramsey's The Just War, he quotes Augustine's certain reasons for waging war when the time is right. ... This quote by Augustine states why an injustice is a greater evil than war, and it was proper to carry out a lesser evil if it would prevent a greater evil. ... In Pope John Paul II's address to the diplomatic corps in mid January, the Pope is quoted as saying about the possible Iraqi war, "War is not always inevitable War is never just another means that one can choose to employ for settling difference". ... I ...

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Others believe that it was an intentional show of power not only to Japan but to the rest of the world. ... Leslie Groves was chief of the Manhattan Project, and after the bombing of Hiroshima he was quoted to say "We have spent $2,000,000 on the greatest scientific gamble in history...we won". ... The only way to let the rest of the world understand its power was to use it. ... I believe that the United States fearing the strategic location and power that Russia might gain by the occupation of Japan, prompted it's use of Atomic Weapons. ...

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The beginning of the war Australia had a strong relationship with both these countries and was fighting against the axis power, but in late 1940's these relationships changed dramatically. ... In September 2nd 1939 after the invasion of Poland Britain declared war upon axis power. ... This quote was by John Curtin which was announced in the New Year's Eve of 1941. ... In 1941 Australia's relationship with America was proven when Australian soldiers fought arm to arm with US against Axis power. ...

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There was a sense of this generation losing the opportunity to prove its power. ... Britain may have gained the right to say they gained more power, and America may feel they have gained more power from this war. Really though what is this so-called "power" they think the war gave them? Where does this power get them not far from the looks of the future? ... I leave you with a quote I found and the brutality of war and the choice for aggression over peace. ...

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The colonials claimed that Parliament had the sovereign power to legislate in the interest of the entire British Empire, but that it could only tax those actually represented in Parliament. ... The quote "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" means a lot to the colonists in America and the French in their revolution. ... The Venetian ambassador to Paris noticed that in 1783 "if only the union of the [American] provinces is preserved, it is reasonable to expect that, with the favorable effects of time, and of European arts and sciences, it will become the most formidable power in the w...

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