Anarchism is the philosophy of a new social order based on liberty unrestricted by manmade law; the theory that all forms of government rest on violence, and therefore wrong and harmful, as well as unnecessary (Goldman, 3). Anarchists are based on the belief that there is not any good government, because all governments are evil. My point of view in this paper is that the only thing worse than a bad government, is no government at all. ... As opposed to the anarchist belief that the freedom is achieved only in the circumstances where there is no institution to impose law on you, I am of the op...

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It is also an intricate system of government with laws in which each member plays a special role and has to uphold the requirements of that role. ... It states that the family has specific laws that it must follow. Self-preservation is one of the laws that a family follows. ... Moreover, the family is still following its basic laws. ... His analogy also clarifies the law of self-preservation. ...

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It is also an intricate system of government with laws in which each member plays a special role and has to uphold the requirements of that role. ... It states that the family has specific laws that it must follow. Self-preservation is one of the laws that a family follows. ... Moreover, the family is still following its basic laws. ... His analogy also clarifies the law of self-preservation. ...

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The government has tried everything to protect us, but have gone too far with the Patriotism Law. ... Discrimination is the worst thing to come out of this law. ... This new law takes that right away just on stupid suspicions. ... Another basis for this law to be recalled is lack of privacy. ... The fact that so many people are lying down and letting the government do this to us is wrong. ...

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In the first case, the government must decide whether it is better to allow individuals to have complete freedom or to enforce strict law and order. ... The government is not only obligated to pass and enforce laws to maintain order but it is also obligated to maintain the traditional patterns of social relationships. The most common ways for a government to maintain order are through government legislation, interpretation of the law, and enforcement of the law. ... However, by promoting equality the government has passed some laws the limit individual freedoms. ... What the laws do not prohib...

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A huge variation the United States put into their form of government the ability to elect representatives who vote directly on laws instead of citizens. ... A functional government can be both democratic and oligarchic due to the ideas of the distribution of offices, the Lacedaemonian constitution, and the mean between laws. ... The final way a functional government is able to be the title of both democratic and oligarchic is to the implement the idea of the mean between laws set on a society. To have a functional government between the two forms of authorities, there must be order by the c...

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Hate Crime Laws: Abolish Them In the 1980's the governments of the United States created a new sort of crime; hate crime. ... The only reason hate crime gets a separate distinction is that the government does not know how to deal with this phenomenon, by creating these laws they avoid being "perceived as defending racists, bigots and homophobes"(Martin). ... With creating the hate crime laws, the government has made the fact that a crime is more or less serious according to the thoughts of the perpetrator. ... By creating the hate crime laws the government is giving victims of h...

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This culture is aggressively opposed to government intervention. ... Government is maintain the existing social and economic hierarchy. ... A traditionalistic law in Texas would be anti-abortion. ... Therefor Elazar's theory can continue to be used to evaluate laws and policies. ... Government tends to be seen as a positive force. ...

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Jefferson had many ideals that he believed should be the basis of the national government. He thought that his standards were in the interest of everyone as a whole, and that they were the perfect form to follow in developing a strong government. ... The Democratic Republican party's perspective on the proper role of government was that the government itself should have very limited powers, and that control of any necessary powers should be given as much to the people as possible. ... It turned out that the State governments were to be concerned with the affairs of their citizens only, wh...

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John Locke's essay on Civil Government states that, "The people shall be judge". ... However, if at any time the government feels that they are above the law, or are making unjust laws, the society has the right to revolt. ... Rousseau, like Locke, does not believe in an absolute or unlimited government. ... Hobbes believes that God was the true author of the law, but would not really favor an absolute government he just believes in peace and order. ... Hobbes did not care what kind of government that a certain state had, as long as the government, monarchy or assembly was able to maintai...

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Government by Citizens Nowadays, people often criticize the form of politics, which derived from people's frustration in the process of changing the law. ... Moreover, such government operates on these laws, and it is the duty of the citizens or the common people to obey these laws. ... Moreover, security is guaranteed by law. ... g, which make them active in government. ... It is necessary for everybody to have some sort of influence in one's government. ...

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The source reflects the idea by arguing that the upholding of government accountability in correlation with protection of God given rights should be closely monitored by it's citizens under its law. ... Therefore the democratic laws that John Locke supports is what I most strongly agree with. ... Constitutional rights and rule of law are eliminated and the citizens are forced to live with it. ... For example, in the 1930's many people under Hitler's law weren't aware of the mass killings of Jews. Also many people under Stalin's law were unaware of the mass killing of K...

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Governments provide guidance, help and safety to everybody. ... Because of this the government is able to resolve conflicts by making and enforcing laws, putting laws on what people can and can not do and to make the final decision. Governments also provide public services which is very helpful. ... With this they also provide good services as fire protection, law enforcement, public health, and safety programs. ... Everyone feels differently about the governments role. ...

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The government is able to abuse our rights by passing laws that makes it okay. The USA PATRIOT Act, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act, is one such law the government is using to violate our rights. ... Our government did not take enough time to fully think of the consequences of making this into a law. ... The newest laws for invasion that the Bush administration has passed will be the same way. ... Second, keep informed on what the government is doing and what laws they are trying to pass. ...

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In his book The Spirit of the Law, Montesquieu describes a political system where governmental power is shared between an executive, a legislature, and a judiciary. ... But still there are some political powers in the government which are exercised by more than one governmental body. ... The judiciary, subtly, creates law. ... It is based on the Rule of Law, which contemplates that the government is of law and not of men. It requires law as the basis for government action, and subject government to the constraints of law and without the separation of legislation and execution of laws, the rule...

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The government is put in place by the people whom it governs, in the United States that is. ... The answer is simple, without government we would have chaos. ... The government should maintain healthy prices for necessary goods such as energy. ... The government regulates law and taxes, why should the economy be allowed to sidestep the government? ... While they make a good point, they fail to realize that we have always had laws and regulations and without these regulations and interventions into the freedoms we hold so dear to our hearts we would no longer have these freedoms because th...

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This brings to mind the question why do we have government? ... Although it is impossible to know for sure what society would be like without any form of government to enforce laws and rights. ... Locke describes the State of Nature as "a state of perfect freedom; second a state of equality; and third, bound by a Law of Nature." ... Locke proposes that the masses could govern themselves be in control of there own laws, his ideal society would have a governing body with very limited powers. ... I myself tend to agree more with Hobbes perspective of the State of Nature, I feel that people are na...

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With each government comes a leader, whose goal is to create an ideal government that suffices everyone's needs. ... To achieve a good government, you have to strive for happiness amongst the people. Providing them with a sense of their own freedom, even while under laws and constraints, gives them a natural need that they were born with. ... A leader isn't solely responsible for carrying out a government for the common good. ... Laws and regulations are needed, espe1cially in a society that we live in today, but they shouldn't block us off entirely from our natural freedom. ...

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He feels that when you join this common-wealth you give up what the Law of Nature has given you before joining. ... He believes that people form common-wealth's in order to avoid some inconveniences that occur in the law of Nature. ... Another inconvenience occurs because the passions of men cause them to misapply the laws of Nature and hurt themselves and others. ... (Locke p.79) A fourth guideline is that government cannot transfer the power to make the laws to anyone other than the choice made by the people of that common-wealth. ... That is where the community as a whole uses t...

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It will also identify each philosopher's reasons as to the purpose of government, as well as the impact of each of their conclusions and its relevance of authority within their depicted governments. ... Natural men are free, "masterlesse men, without subjection to Lawes, and a coercive Power" (Hobbes 141). ... Comment [CB5]: I would introduce Hobbes' notion of natural law here, too. Comment [CB6]: But this, in itself, is not contrary to Hobbes. naturally bound and governed by the "law of nature" (Locke 9). He explains as follows; "The State of Nature has a la...

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The American colonists wanted an active role in their government with the ability to dictate their own laws, taxes, and of the like. ... But with Parliament being the highest governmental authority in Britain, who was there to stop them? ... This led the colonists to lose faith in Parliament as a leader and an adequate governmental authority over them. ... With these laws, acts, and taxes being put on them against their will and without their consent, it was in their nature to resist. ... The American colonists believed in a government for the people, by the people....

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All governments are really mixed in character; and what we call a democracy is only a more or less democratic government. ... This may be seen in his treatment of law as a whole, in which he defines laws as "acts of the general will," and, agreeing with Montesquieu in making law the "condition of civil association," goes beyond him only in tracing it more definitely to its origin in an act of will (Book II: VI). The Social Contract renders law necessary, and at the same time makes it quite clear that laws can proceed only from the body of citizens who have constituted the State. ... Humbly spe...

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All governments are really mixed in character; and what we call a democracy is only a more or less democratic government. ... This may be seen in his treatment of law as a whole, in which he defines laws as "acts of the general will," and, agreeing with Montesquieu in making law the "condition of civil association," goes beyond him only in tracing it more definitely to its origin in an act of will (Book II: VI). The Social Contract renders law necessary, and at the same time makes it quite clear that laws can proceed only from the body of citizens who have constituted the State. ... Humbly spe...

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Government can exist only with the consent of the governed*basis for every new state constitution that principle says that government can exist the function only with the consent of the governed. The people hold power and the people are sovereign. 2)limited government-the concept of limited government was a major feature of each state constitution. The powers delegated to the government were granted reluctantly and hedged with man restriction./holds that no government is all-powerful, that a government may do ONLY those things that the people have give it the power to do.AKA constitutionalism...

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Governments are created as a means to establish rules and laws as a guide to solving conflicts, and for the protection of the citizen's liberty and security. ... Second, elites in the government may wish to set aside the rule of law under the sway of desiring change in rules to allow them to proceed with their desired actions. ... An example of this was when the elites in government decided it was deaf to the rule of law, when the elites in government imposed its will on parliament through non-electoral methods during WW2 when Japanese-Canadians were put into internment camps. ... The ...

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