Although all three had a tremendous impact on the French Revolution era, Locke's theories about the three fundamental rights of all humans, and the idea of a representative democracy really were the driving force behind the revolution. ... One might argue that this single ruler could be a corrupt being, but Hobbes counters that by saying that a corrupt ruler is better than no ruler. ... Rousseau believed that "the impulse of appetite alone is slavery," which is saying that by living for your own selfish desires you are becoming corrupt, and by competing with others one are pre...

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Sun Yat-Sen defines liberty as "the freedom to move about as one wishes within an organized group," and uses a handful of sand as an example, saying that the sand slipping about without any tendency to cohere, making it loose sand, is like freedom. ... The French Revolution was fought for liberty, the American Revolution was fought for independence, and the Chinese Revolution was fought for The Three Principles of People. ...

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These were typically written by devout Protestants who were attacking the French aristocrats and the Church, which was like any other government at the time, given authority by God and utterly abusing that power. ... Corruption in the French government and in the Church pushed people like Voltaire to rebel against what was preached and what was taught and cling to the free thinking protestants in England. Voltaire praised England in almost every facet in which it was different than France. This included the morals of the clergy of the Church of England which, in Letter V On the Church of Eng...

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He was one of the greatest influential figures of the French Enlightenment and his ideas had a huge impact on the founding fathers of America when they were drawing up the Declaration of Independence. Even though Locke had an important role in the French Enlightenment while he was alive, his ideas and political views were used long after his death and to this very day. ... However, his belief was so strong in what he was saying that there came a dramatic change to governments throughout the whole world. ...

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He is basically saying, above all else, that a prince must eat, sleep, and live war. ... In other words, he is saying that if you give too much, people will come to expect it of you, and eventually you will come to the point where you have nothing left to give. ... (Encyclopaedia Britannica 6) The French came up with the term "Machiavellianism" (Encyclopaedia Britannica 7) to describe their hatred of Italian life. ...

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You have heard of imperialist countries like England, France and Japan, but have you ever looked at what imperialism really is? ... Which is simply saying that the United States needs to be responsible for her actions in other countries and should be responsible to rebuild and establish governments that will help the people instead of the way she acted in her involvements in South America as well as in others. ...

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Our Inherited Liberties Edmund Burke, a political writer in the latter portion of the 18th century wrote a reflection on the French Revolution. ... Therefore, Burke is saying that the adoption of the liberties inherited from the forefathers give the present method of politics/government the image of a family. ...

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