"(Doc A) This quote shows how individual freedom in government will help our government in an effective way so he she could last a long time without rebellion from a lot of people. ... Voltaire stated that, the freedom of religion will favor the government, in the way that there would be less people against him her and the government will have his/ her power for a long time. ... " (Doc B) This quote shows that there is a need for the freedom of being able to believe in any religion that we personally favor and not have one enforced because, then people would not revolt against the ...

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For instance, Congress had the power to tax and coin money but can also create laws to have the power to tax. ... He quotes, "A bank [is an] instrument in the obtaining of loans to government." ... One of which is addressed by Hamilton stating simply that "A state government will ever be the rival power of the general government." ...

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Tocqueville's famous theory of "The Tyranny of the Majority" is often quoted by both Democratic and Republican parties; and always to their advantage. ... It creates a paradox because; the power of the majority is needed to sustain a democracy. ...

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Although people may have qualms about the justice of the electoral system, there is no danger of one party having absolute power entirely. Which would be the most dangerous thing to happen to the politics of the UK, as the Lord Acton said, "power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely". ... Finally a quote from Winston Churchill summarises the idea of reforming the electoral system. ...

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Although a representative government harnesses some of the "mischief" caused by factions, it would not eliminate their power. ... The distribution of power would be federal, state, and local levels. ... I like this quote from Madison about his view of a democracy, "democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths." ...

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The thought being portrayed in the source represents the idea that a strong system of government that reflects the will of the nation will stay in power the longest, which is also the ideology used by John Locke. ... Locke was most recognized for his work towards individual rights and remembered for his quote upon human rights, "Life, Liberty and Property.... " This meaning that in a case where the government isn't reacting to pressing issues made by it's citizens then a change may happen via it's citizens, an overthrow in power. ...

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Margaret Fuller was quoted as saying that,It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature?... Each is that which he is essentially, so that he cannot be surmounted or analyzed, and each of these three has the power of the others latent in him, and his own patent?...

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