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    governments and a great example is the United States of America. Ancient Greek democracy had a deep influence on the design of political institutions in the United States. Many ideas from Ancient Greece pertaining to how they set up their

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    Sophia Tiongko CAL 103 D4 12 October 2023 Professor Ogden Essay 2 Final Draft The Perils of Passive Resistance When a body of people comes into power‚ there is always a risk that those who compose that body will abuse their power for personal gain and at the expense of the people they govern. Consequently‚ victims of this ugly facet of human nature are left to decide between two main methods of response: violent retaliation or amicable appeals to the government. Aggression is at times viewed as a

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    "The Perils of Obedience" was written by Stanley Milgram in 1974. In the essay he describes his experiments on obedience to authority. I feel as though this is a great psychology essay and will be used in psychology 101 classes for generations to come. The essay describes how people are willing to do almost anything that they are told no matter how immoral the action is or how much pain it may cause. This essay even though it was written in 1974 is still used today because of its historical

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    IN THE NAME OF ALLAH WHO IS MOST BENEFIENT AND MERCEFULL. Subject: Business Communication Submitted to: Sir Imran Hanif Submitted by: M.Sheraz Anjum Roll NO.716 Bs(IT) 2nd Department of Computer Sciences B – Z – U Multan We know it is dip in eternal space Our inadequacies now stare in our face We hope for direction and

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    that the Constitution is based off of the Ancient Greek’s idea of democracy‚ in which people voted themselves on issues pertaining to their government (Samons 1). While the founding fathers did use a kind of democracy‚ it was a representative rather than pure democracy. The American government does‚ however‚ use direct democracy in certain states‚ for better or worse. The theory behind direct democracy seems to fit what the American people want exactly. The people have a direct say on things that

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    Democracy is a famous form of government that is practiced in many parts of the globe. This form of government vests the highest power on the citizens of the country. It is for this reason that democracy is referred to as the government of the people‚ by the people and for the people. Citizens exercise and practice their democratic rights via various means: electing leaders of their choice and the representative or rather the candidate that acquires the highest votes gets elected for that particular

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    picture theater. In 1910‚ they were compelled to sell the business since Thomas Edison held many licenses where he could control the flourishing film industry. This drove the Warners to briefly make films. Warner and his sibling made a film called The Perils of the Plains which was low quality and did not do well in the cinematic world. After Edison’s license was legitimately broken‚ the Warners went back to distribution and afterward attempted to get production started again in 1912. At the point when

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    The Development of Democracy After the election in 1824‚ the Republican Party began to separate because of industrialization in New England‚ the spread of cotton in the south and westward expansion. The Republicans who were suspicious of having a federal government that was too powerful and wanted more power in the state became Democrats. Republicans that wanted the Federal government to encourage a strong economy became Whigs. Politicians had to start trying to gain the vote of the common man

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    Introduction The birth of democracy in Sparta and Athens was a long‚ painful journey‚ created by wars‚ cruel leaders‚ and heroic figures. Although many of democracy’s ideas came from Athenian government‚ it was very different from the democracy in the United States‚ for example. In general‚ wealthy aristocrats had the most power. But without the ideas that this time period created‚ who knows where we would be now. In this paper‚ I’m going to outline how democracy came to be in early Athenian and

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    Democracy is a principle that the Founding Fathers of America used to make sure that people are given freedoms that they didn’t-do not use contractions have elsewhere. Over the years‚ democratic governments have become more numerous and follow the United States of America’s model. Therefore‚ this paper discusses how democracy is defined‚ its effect on freedom‚ the relevance of the American Dream‚ and the state of the United States of America 10(ten) years from now. Democracy is formally defined

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