The title F451 refers to the temperature at which books will begin to burn. ... Minorities objecting to books that offended them caused the beginning of the book banning. Soon, all books began to look the same, to avoid offending anyone. This did not help, and society as a whole, decided to simply burn books rather than permit a conflicting opinion. ... Not everyone born free and equal, as the constitution says, but everyone made equal a book is a loaded gun in the house next door. ...

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A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. These words were written for every free American but are slowly becoming a way of the past. The nation's largest gun-control group says it is "dedicated to creating an America free from gun violence, where all Americans are safe at home, at school, at work, and in their communities." ... With over 20,000 gun control laws on the books now, how could more laws control guns? ...

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Religion, like language is able to pass on culture and forms diffusion within cultures through books, bible, language, immigration, and mass media. ... This religion first originates in Asian countries but now we frequently see temples around in this free America. ...

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America is a free and independent country, it is also one of the strongest country in over the world. ... How would you feel if students can learn the lesson about the gratefulness without books or notes? ...

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We live in a world that encourages free choice, free will, and open-mindedness. ... These are all acts upon free will. ... Well if God is against homosexuality which the holiest of books states, then why would he create homosexuals? ... They don't have to all of a sudden become in love with that person and ultimately become a gay or lesbian, but they do have the choice of whether they are a homosexual or not, and it's they"re free will to make that decision. ... Ancient philosophers have applied the cause and effect notion to the argument of free will and determinism. ...

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Barnes is know in America for his books in which he falsely claims that the Holocaust was a host. ... Anti-Semitism found its way into college campuses through the right of free speech. ... The books were found in the history section, alongside genuine texts about the Holocaust, and included titles such as The Six million Reconsidered and The Real Eichmann Trial. ADL protested, asking in a letter to Dean Alan Benenfeld, the director of the school libraries, that the books be moved off the library's history shelves and to a section dealing with anti-Semitism, propaganda...

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Upton Sinclair wrote dozens of books, pamphlets, and plays. ... Because of his father's drinking Sinclair grew up to hate drinking as illustrated in many of his books. ... He went to jail for free speech and miner's rights. ...

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Kropotkin wrote many books on anarchism, including Fields Factories and Workshops, and The Conquest of Bread, and greatly aided in the evolution of the theory of anarchism (Bautista 283). ... Anarchism revolves around five basic principles: 1) equality; 2) democracy; 3) free association; 4) mutual aid; 5) diversity" (Rogers 34). ... Free Association is the idea that individuals should not be forced into social arrangements against their will. ... When people are free, they are uncontrollable. ...

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The Americans freed 33,000 inmates from concentration camps, out of the 6,000,000 that were murdered. ... From what research shows, America turned Jewish refugees away but then freed them from the death camps. ... When the minor terrorizing began as early as 1935, many Jews wanted America to come to their safety or at least be able to flee to America for a safe, free life. ...

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Many people illegally come across borders to be in this "Land of the Free," but how free is it? Is Rafael free to go to the major Private schools in his town, or is he able to even become accepted to a recognized University? ... Large amounts of books and novels are written about how a poor person from a bad neighborhood works hard to achieve his goals and dreams and becomes someone successful. ... Financial aid helps out with tuition books and any other needs of an underprivileged student. ...

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The slaveholder dresses in Northern goods, rides in a Northern saddle . . . sports his Northern carriage . . . reads Northern books . . . ... I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. ... Republican candidate John Fremont ran on the slogan of "Free soil, Free labor, Free men, Fremont." ... Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri who sued for his freedom based on the fact that his residence in a free state made him a free man. ... Douglas believed in Popular Sovereignty, while Lincoln did not believe the Union would survive as half s...

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America the land of the free; the land of the great; the land of the people, what kind people do we represent? ... Oh America the land of the free and where the streets are paved with gold. ... "The books are full of black curves, dots like the eggs the boll-weevil lays each monsoon in furniture-cracks in Ludhiana. ...

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Muhammad's teaching, my correspondence, my visitors- usually Ella and Reginald- and my reading books, months passed without my even thinking about being imprisoned. In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life" (259). ... He felt so free and wanted to study more until had been fluently in written English. ...

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As the years go by people tend to forget that we are so much freer than other countries. ... In America you are free to write or say what you want in any books, newspapers, TV program, movie, or new program without the fear of being put in jail, fined, or even killed. ...

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The First Amendment of the Constitution states that "congress shall may no law representing the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of." ... "Congress shall make no law representing an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people to peacefully assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." ... "Congress shall make no law---- prohibiting the free exercise (of religion) thereof" Even before September 11th's crisis in America, ...

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In the Soviet Union 25 years ago, it was completely free for students to get any education. ... I have long been thinking about it all the time and asked myself if I could learn everything in a foreign language; if I would understand the teacher and read these books; if I could write self-work and tests; if I would handle it all. ...

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It is admitted in the fact that Southern statute books are covered with enactments forbidding, under severe fines and penalties, the teaching of the slave to read or to write. ... " (1886-1887) To Douglass, American identity did not include slaves or even freed blacks. ...

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Instead of sitting around watching television or playing video games in my free time, I go for walks, enjoy the sunset, or simply appreciate nature. ... The acts of that day will go down in the history books for centuries to come, and I am happy to say I was alive when it happened. ...

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They bring in big-time gamblers with complimentary amenities, such as free air-fare and suites. Middle class gamblers are lured to casinos by free food. For lower class gamblers, owners provide free transportation.12 Outside of Las Vegas, growth can be seen even more. ... Sports books get 10%, craps gets .6-1.4%, roulette gets 5.2%, blackjack receives 2-15%, and keno gets a whopping 20%. ...

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The green pastures and pleasant barnyard scenes portrayed in children's books are quickly being replaced by windowless metal sheds, wire cages, and other cruel confinement systems integral to what is now referred to as "factory farming."" ...

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Ever since humanity began, people of all backgrounds have had to deal with how economic wealth should be shared. America could be used an example of this, even more specific, the era of 1870 to 1920. At this time in American history, mass production evolved, and people flocked to large cities such a...

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Jeff Synder says, "In truth, a state that deprives its law-abiding citizens of the means to effectively defend themselves is not civilized but barbarous, becoming an accomplice of murderers, rapists, and thugs and revealing its totalitarian nature by its tacit admission that the disorganized, random havoc created by criminals is far less a threat than are men and women who believe themselves free and independent, and act accordingly." (9) "Violence is out of control. ...

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They learn not only through books like schooled children do, but they also learn through their parents and that is why the best education a parent could give his/her child is in the home environment. ... Home schooling offers the guarantee of an environment free from the threats of rape and the pressures to use drugs. ...

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In America it's different, because everyone in America is free, which is why we have such a diverse population. ... As you probably know, Huck Finn is one of the most controversial books in American literatures history, and many people have different views on the book, like most of all, whether it should be banned from classrooms or not. ...

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Upton Sinclair's novel the Jungle illustrates how greed and ruthless competition has made turn of the century America into a brutal jungle.Take or be taken? was the guiding rule, and everyone was someone else's prey. Those at the bottom of the economic ladder - wage earners and their families were at a particular disadvantage in the capitalist jungle.Workers were slaves to the whims of their masters, the capitalist who own and ran private industry. Many of the workers were immigrants ignorant of the language and ways of their new country were the most vulnerable members of this class...

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