Is an unjust government better than no government at all? INTRO: I do not agree that an unjust government is better than no government at all. Is it really logical to give your allegiance to a country whose government violates principles of fairness? I would have to agree with St. Augustine’s famous quote‚ "an unjust law us no law at all‚" and therefore I think that an unjust government is no government at all. CONTENTIONS: a.) IF YOUR GOVERNMENT IS NOT LOYAL TO YOU THEN YOU DO NOT OWE
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Chapter one Native American Worlds‚ pp. 7-14 Anthropologists and historians believe that the first inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere were migrants from Asia‚ most of whom most probably came by land between 13‚000 B.C. and 9000 B.C. across a hundred-mile-wide land bridge between Siberia and Alaska. About 3000 B.C.‚ some Native American peoples developed better cultivation techniques and began to farm a variety of crops‚ most notably maize (corn)‚ which resulted in agricultural surpluses that
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International Trade This paper is concern International trade stimulation. Rodamia is a large country the largest compared to its neighbor- in terms of area‚ population‚ and level of economic development. Four percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes from agriculture‚ mainly corn‚ wheat‚ cotton‚ and dairy and poultry products. There are three countries on the border of Rodamia‚ which are Suntize‚ Uthania‚ and Alfazia. Advantages and limitations of international trade
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people who are not members of our society. The mechanism to serve . . . this . . . goal is a government.’ Because I agree with Thomas Attig‚ I must affirm the topic that ’an oppressive government is more desirable than no government.’ Before I continue‚ I’d like to define a few key terms in the topic. [All definitions are from American Heritage.] Oppressive is defined as unjust or difficult to bear. Government is the exercise of authority in a political unit. Desirable is defined as worth having or
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Autocratic‚ Democratic‚ and Optimal Government: A Sketch W. A. Niskanen In his paper Niskanen provides valuable analysis of the effects of the voting rule‚ the progressivity of the tax structure‚ and the length of the fiscal horizon in democratic governments and interesting insights of the effect of alternative regimes on policies‚ such as war and immigration‚ that affect the number of people subject to the regime. His article follows Mancur Olson’s work called “Autocracy‚ Democracy‚ and Prosperity”
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Government 2301 Chapter 1 The Political Landscape 1. Which settlements were founded for religious reasons and which were for commerce? * Massachusetts was founded by the puritans attempting to secure religious freedom. Virginia was founded by people seeing to find the gold‚ as the Spanish in Mexico. Pennsylvania and Delaware was founded by William Penn as a haven for various non-violent Christian groups‚ mainly the Quakers. Mary land was founded by an English Catholics son who named it
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This paper has five parts: an introduction‚ a description of the industry and its key members‚ a description of public policies to date‚ and a prescription for public policy going forward. The second and third parts are revisions of the papers you submitted for Assignments 3 and 4. The modern voice communication industry can trace its early roots in 1876 from Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone‚ the first ever device that enabled people to verbally communicate over incredible amounts of land. The
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Democratic Government VS Oligarchy Government “The government is merely a servant -- merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong‚ and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders‚ not originate them.” Mark Twain Democracy and Oligarcy as forms of government have been in existence for a long period of time‚ both terms first appeared in ancient Greek political and philosophical thought. Both forms
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From attending both city council meetings I found it very interesting and didn’t know these types of meetings were held. I attended the meeting on September 18‚ 2012 based on an update on police responses to recent crimes and gang activities. Since this meeting was a continuation I found that there have been 39 homicides in 2012. Some issues that were discussed were police department’s goals and priorities‚ as well as‚ the actions that have been attempted in reducing crime activity. Some of the police
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U.S. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE: THE CONSTITUTION : MAIN PRINCIPLES Self-government is the most important principle in the Constitution of the United States. The Founding Fathers saw that they needed to have a system which would make sure that everyone had a voice in the local‚ state and national governments. They wanted to have a system that could be changed when necessary. They wrote this system into the Constitution of the United States in 1787. It has lasted more than 200 years‚ through many changes
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