My Idea Of Democracy In The United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt once stated “Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.” Democracy has been around for thousands of years and has a huge impact on how we live today, even though it may not be a perfect system. Democracy is fundamental to understand and appreciate as it creates the life I have today. I can freely speak on my ideas of government because of it. I have gotten a free public education because of it. Most of all, I can do whatever I set my mind to as long as I work hard because of the founders of the United States. I chose the idea of democracy because
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After months of following all of the primary candidates and the eventual two nominees for the two parties, I was unable to vote in the November Presidential election because I did not turn 18 until February. This devastation made me realize the great right it is to vote for who represents me and the country as a whole. Although I was unable to vote, I stayed up until midnight watching the results of the election on November 8th. The extreme differences between the two candidates’ policies either way would affect my next four years as I head to college. I think that the ability to change who leads the country every 4 years is important, but results of the Congress election would impact me as well. The balance of power that exists in the United States federal government allowed me to have faith that, whichever candidate wins the election, every person's ideas are accounted for in the …show more content…
My favorite event in debate, International extemp, requires me to be very knowledgeable in what happens in other countries. In the past 4 years, I have read news about the Colombian government actions resulting in right violations to its’ own people, the Syrian Civil War and the North Korean communist dictatorship. After learning about all of these atrocious things, I have learned to be more thankful of the rights I have in the United States. I don’t think people realize how lucky we are to speak freely and to believe in whatever we want religiously. Compared to other countries, we have a plethora of
After months of following all of the primary candidates and the eventual two nominees for the two parties, I was unable to vote in the November Presidential election because I did not turn 18 until February. This devastation made me realize the great right it is to vote for who represents me and the country as a whole. Although I was unable to vote, I stayed up until midnight watching the results of the election on November 8th. The extreme differences between the two candidates’ policies either way would affect my next four years as I head to college. I think that the ability to change who leads the country every 4 years is important, but results of the Congress election would impact me as well. The balance of power that exists in the United States federal government allowed me to have faith that, whichever candidate wins the election, every person's ideas are accounted for in the …show more content…
My favorite event in debate, International extemp, requires me to be very knowledgeable in what happens in other countries. In the past 4 years, I have read news about the Colombian government actions resulting in right violations to its’ own people, the Syrian Civil War and the North Korean communist dictatorship. After learning about all of these atrocious things, I have learned to be more thankful of the rights I have in the United States. I don’t think people realize how lucky we are to speak freely and to believe in whatever we want religiously. Compared to other countries, we have a plethora of