Where we can vote, work outside of the home, and be educated? ... Because she did not conform to the role society thought she should play, she introduced the idea that women had a say in things and that women were smart enough and able to think for themselves. ... Other women of the past resolved to take over "men's work" though society thought they should not. ... Today many of us don't think twice about how we got a right to vote, those of us who are eighteen, just vote. ... But it should not deceive us; this struggle was waged every bit as seriously as any ...

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We can accept and be enraged at the fact that a woman was raped. But when we refuse to accept, or even worse, ridicule a man who has been sodomized-we are not 'liberal' enough. ... How then, under such circumstances, are we supposed to progress as a nation? Can we hope for a future that's any different from the present? ... The seeds of change have been sown. ...

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The questions are: What are these ambiguities  and what are the different statements that we can draw from their books? To answer to these questions, we will  first talk about the origins of these ambiguities (I), and second we will see how the two authors express two completely different statements for each  main thought, according to what they wrote (II). ... First, when one looks at the writings of these two authors, one can easily realize contradictions that lead us to think that some questions must be raised. ... Furthermore, when Hobbes talks about the designation of a sovereign, ...

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While inspired and well thought out, Mr. ... We must have one official who we can all say, speaks for America. He is the face the entire world thinks of when they think of the United States, not the Speaker of the House or Senate Majority Leader. ... Finally, I think the most important reason why American's prefer the system we have now is because of how it represents us to the world. ... We saw just how much Americans value the presidency last Tuesday. ...

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There are three important and interconnected themes within Terry Fallis' novel "The Best Laid Plans," include cynicism towards the political landscape, the loss of personal integrity, and how even the "best laid plans " can and often do go awry. ... They think he's orchestrating my maverick image. ... Finally, the theme that is central to the book is that even the most carefully laid out political plans can go awry. ... Angus' last diary entry shows this: "By the bye, we defeated that rogue Tory government yesterday...everyone is making a fuss over it all"" (312). ... This book ...

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He saw film as something that can draw masses of people, even middle-class people. ... Films today have socially changed tremendously. ... We are so accustomed to these everyday images that we don't even notice the impact they have on us. ... Advertisements shape a world's view; they get people to think and even to spend their money. ... Without photographs how can an advertisement get its point across to the public? ...

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John Locke and Thomas Hobbes can be considered the fathers of the liberal doctrine. ... The notion of democracy has now really changed if it is considered the ancient meaning of this word. ... Norberto Bobbio in "Liberalism and Democracy " has showed how there is no interdependence between democracy and liberalism. ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau with his best work "The Social Contract ", demonstrates how there could be an alternative to the liberal concept of democracy. ... Referring Rousseau directly to the liberalist thinkers it is possible to better understand the substantial difference between ...

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The meaning and purpose of society, what we ought to do, and what we hope to accomplish " all these are fundamentally affected by what we think is the true' behavior of civilized people. Yet even within the most popular views of civil society, there are differences aplenty. ... In so-called civil societies consisting of natural laws, however, we can easily forget that democratic principles are often embraced to effectively function as a community. ... We know that the will of the people' is synonymous with majority, but even within majorities Tocqueville recognized the di...

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Thoreau writes: "How does it become a man to behave toward the American government today? ... I think we should be men first, and subjects afterward." ... I please myself with imagining a State at last which can afford to be just to all men, and to treat the individual with respect as a neighbor; which even would not think it inconsistent with its own repose if a few were to live aloof from it, not meddling with it, nor embraced by it, who fulfilled all the duties of neighbors and fellow men. ... That is the reason why Thoreau explains that we should leave the political world alone. ... As...

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Having lived in China during the 1920's and witnessed the realities of struggle against Communism, Andre Malraux wrote Man's Fate, an example of how strong Communist strings can be. ... The background is noisy, yet Malraux shows how alone Ch"en feels. ... Just as the reader thinks the deed is done, "A dark blot began from the balcony the shadow loomed" (7). ... It is as if the people know that only through fighting will change occur. ... No wonder the Kuomintang thought it necessary to work against Communist aggression, even though the end result might be death. ...

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This raises the important question of how much participation there actually is in the United States. How many Americans take part in activities such as voting, attending political meetings, joining political parties, or even discussing politics with their neighbors? ... Many people do not think that the political process pertains to them. ... In an effort to increase voter turnout, there are a couple of changes that can be considered for the people stated above. ... Another thought provoking motive for involves the issue of trust. ...

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