Every member of society has a different interpretation of what they believe should be carried out by a good government. ... "I just have three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion" (214, Verse 67). ... They should relax and let things happen as they do, because a balance will always end up being restores. ... A leader isn't solely responsible for carrying out a government for the common good. ... They listen to what citizens have to say and they use their powers to carry out the wishes of society. ...

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For many the internet is a form of privacy they have, and a way to have an opportunity of making something out of their life. ... The reason being is that it would violate many things such as freedom of press and freedom speech, as well as right to privacy. ... '"But opponents of the proposed bills - including Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales - argued they were so vague and draconian that they would force any website carrying user-generated content perceived to violate copyright laws to shut down at nearly a moment's notice" – This statement from the article Interne...

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- Or do we let states create their own law, just as long as they are constitutional; no matter how ludicrous they may be? ... Should the money be disbursed to educational programs, or should we focus on more things such as; the beautification of our streets and our cities? ... It does exercise power and can carry out functions that would be carried out by the central authority in other government set-ups. ... Overtaxed New Yorkers shop in New Jersey, they influenced New York to provide tax-free shopping days. ... If states would have the bear the full costs of their regulatory experiments,...

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He believed that it was necessary for people to import things that they do not produce themselves, and export those products of which they have a surplus. ... Aristotle later added the need of water to preserve proper health when he declared that "air and water, being just those things we make most frequent and constant use of, have the greatest effect on our bodily condition."" ... In order for there to be a large enough populous of elder citizens to maintain the management of the city it is critical that they must maintain the proper health so that they will be enabled to do so. ... They wou...

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As it is said above, the main idea of this passage is analogizing inherited liberties, or choices as they are written in the constitution, with the sense of family or unity as a people. ... The next two clauses in the passage say roughly the same thing only they are worded differently. ... As you can see the image of family unity in the English government that Burke is trying to demonstrate is carried out throughout this passage, and eventually culminate in the last clause of the passage. ... When Burke says "combined and mutually reflected charities," he is referring to the universal aspect...

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This spirit wasn't just within the American people, this also happened with many immigrants who came to America because they were unsatisfied and unhappy with the way things were run in the country they came from. ... They often favored the nature of democracy in the New World because it was different from the same social strata they had in Europe. ... They had free reign over their lives, class, and social structure. ... They were now the new opponents of the Democrats. ... Republicans carried eleven of sixteen free states in 1856 and the party would benefit from northern voters" dismay ...

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These changes made sure some of the good points of the Revolution were carried on, and stability achieved politically. ... The dreadful of his reign was that wars continually drained France, They caused a great loss of life and destruction, his continental system dislocated trade and industry, Private interests and rights became subordinate to the Emperor Napoleon, he thought that the only way he could be respected was to continually bring back glory through his military campaigns. ... The answer is simply that all good things must come to an end. ...

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If might produces right, then the people obey their rulers because they are forced to do so, not because they ought to. ... Only when the people are restrained by their own desire to reflect among one another, as a whole, and form an agreement, and only where they have the freedom to do so, can a state attain the capability to uphold the freedom of its people. ... The "people" that make up the sovereign are "citizens" in that they hold authority within the sovereign and "subjects" when they abide by the laws of the state (Book I: VI 182). ... The government's role is merely to carry ou...

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If might produces right, then the people obey their rulers because they are forced to do so, not because they ought to. ... Only when the people are restrained by their own desire to reflect among one another, as a whole, and form an agreement, and only where they have the freedom to do so, can a state attain the capability to uphold the freedom of its people. ... The "people" that make up the sovereign are "citizens" in that they hold authority within the sovereign and "subjects" when they abide by the laws of the state (Book I: VI 182). ... The government's role is merely to carry ou...

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Since Snowden leaked the information regarding this content, the NSA has made public what they can see and how they use it. On the NSA's website, a few things they mention that they have access to are: "Social media activity, mobile phone apps downloaded, websites visited, emails sent and received, and facial recognition data from surveillance cameras" ("Your Data: If You Have Nothing to hiding, You have Nothing to Fear"). ... Cell phones are carried around everywhere, making people more vulnerable. ... They have no choice but to give into government power because if they don&#...

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Arendt claims, "The workers today are no longer outside of society; they are its members, and they are jobholders like everybody else. ... Arendt also stresses the fact that action is the beginning step since it is the actualization of freedom, it carries with it the capacity to do so much good, to introduce what is totally unexpected. ... And this again is possible only because each man is unique, so that with each birth something uniquely new comes into the world" (p.177).The reality is that humans will do many things that can't be predicted; not event he best scholars or politica...

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It implies that every citizen, each with their own personal ideas, concerns, and perspectives can have a voice in setting the rules that they must abide by. ... In ancient Greece, where the term democracy was coined, all of the members of the city-state would gather in a central arena to discuss the topics of interest at the time and everyone had the opportunity to contribute, as they saw fit, to the dialog that would eventually determine an aspect of their life. ... Different societies have different specific rules and systems in which elections are carried out and the term-lengths and po...

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They were continually "working to ensure that all Americans have the educational opportunities necessary to succeed in today's global information economy " ("The Clinton Presidency " 1). ... They took critical steps "toward developing a comprehensive and balanced long-term policy to preserve and protect old-growth forests while balancing the needs of the workers, businesses, and communities dependent on timber sales " ("Environmental Actions " 2). ... In 1994, Bill Clinton failed to pass a bill that would "slash funding for congressional committee staff and introduce a balanced budget ame...

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Children may find it difficult to use cutlery to begin with, so patience is extremely necessary as the child will need showing several times and lots of practice before they can do it independently, this is why it is important to eat at a table to be able to show and teach children how to use and carry out table manners correctly and efficiently. When a child eats with cutlery, they begin to feel grown up and independent as they can now eat and use cutlery by themselves. ... So if they are introduced to new foods alongside with their favorites as they know that if they do not like the new foo...

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Even though individuals claim that they value privacy, they frequently seem to do little to protect themselves. ... Some citizens of countries may not have an objection to the state's way in gathering private information on just who the government considers the enemy, however, if the tables were turned and they are the one that is under state's surveillance their view may not be the same. ... With that being said many things lawful is not essentially ethical and everything ethical may not be lawful. ... " Citizens need to be clearer about the ethical principles that they value a...

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The tyrants appealed to the citizens because they displayed themselves as military innovators or entrepreneurs who united their economic dominance into a new form of political power unseen in the past. ... Tyrants were able to award their friends and punish their enemies in any way they wished, and possessed nearly an unlimited sexual freedom. ... The ring provided him with the power "to take without fear whatever he desires from the agora, go into any house and sleep with whomever he wishes, kill or release from bonds whomever he wants and do other things that gods do to men." ... When people...

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