Thomas Jefferson The Declaration of Independence is, to me, the founding document of America. ... First, the issue of manhood left many to question what the Declaration of Independence was all about. ... "What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? ... Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. ... Stanton lists rights anywhere from the right to vote to the right to go the school. ...

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The Freedom of speech does not protect words that cause actions to hurt others, making obscene materials, burning of draft cards and students support of illegal drug use at school-sponsored events. ... The pilgrims were named Separatists back in England because they sought independence from the church. ... The right to petition was put into the Declaration of Independence. ...

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The Freedom of speech does not protect words that cause actions to hurt others, making obscene materials, burning of draft cards and students support of illegal drug use at school-sponsored events. ... The pilgrims were named Separatists back in England because they sought independence from the church. ...

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Rockwell left high school early to study art full time at the National Academy of Design before he enrolled in the Art Students League in New York City. ... The Problem We All Live With is one of Rockwell's most famous illustrations concerning civil rights; it embodies the hardships that black children went through during the period of desegregation in schools. He shows a young, black girl walking to school surrounded by U.S. marshals, and a tomato is smashed on the wall behind her. ... Another painting that celebrated America's past was Liberty Bell, which celebrated America'...

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Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness summarizes our unalienable rights given as stated in the United States Declaration of Independence. ... She was pressed into fighting for civil rights as early in life as elementary school. ... By the age of 15, she left her segregated school in Alabama for the Elizabeth Irwin School in New York City. Her new school had many available learning resources that her previous school did not. ... After high school, she went on to become an honors student at Brandeis University in Massachusetts from 1961-1965. ...

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The Philippines, after having promised its independence in1946, still had high economic dependence on United States' markets. ... The Bell Trade Act was approved by the legislature July 2, 1946, just two days before the proclamation of independence. ... Economic development was then to be achieved by constructing a number of infrastructures like bridges, roads, schools, health care centers, and beautification projects. ...

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According to the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) 1999 Human Development Report one fifth of children are malnourished, one fifth of children do not attend school past grade five, and child mortality is high, and fourteen percent of children make up the labor force. These numbers are surprisingly high since ten years ago the Convention on the Rights of a Child came into the international stage. ... This Convention aims high to correct and protect the human rights of a child, but the actual effectiveness has been weak. ... The militia began its terrible destruction after the ...

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Women seek justice; however, they do not have the adequate knowledge or independence to stand up for themselves. ... On a positive perspective, the Sheikha Fatima awards are awarded to girls in school who excel in their academics as well as extra-curricular activities. ... Future Scenarios One negative scenario is that women will still be forced to stop their education before they reach high school, therefore there will be less productivity in nations around the globe as a large percentage of the population will not be a part of the labour force. ...

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In fact, when I think of the word 'liberal', Rabindranath Tagore's stirring words instantly come to mind: "Where the mind is without fear and the Head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the mind is led forward by thee Into ever-widening thought and action Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, Let my country awake" Tagore made a sincere entreaty to Indians more than a century ago, albeit one that has fallen on deaf ears, time and again. ... Sixty-eight years after Independence, we may remember to hoist a massive flag every year to mark our hard-...

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