Persuasive Speech In 1999‚ Australia voted in a referendum that would have made our country a republic. The proposal was defeated‚ as the way the republic was to be run was unclear‚ as well as a large campaign by then Prime Minister John Howard and other significant monarchist groups. Australia should become a republic‚ and elect our own head of state to replace the Queen and the Governor General. Why should we do this? Because the values of the monarchy‚ and of hereditary power‚ clash completely
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The Republic of Kazakhstan. Constitution and Government. The Republic of Kazakhstan declared its independence on the 16th of December in 1992 and the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic was renamed and became the Republic of Kazakhstan. The first constitution was adopted on the 28th of January in 1993. The Current constitution became strong and was accepted on the 30th of August in 1995. Based on the Constitution Kazakhstan is a unitary state with a presidential form of government‚ which has three
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GCSE History Revision Notes - Germany Weimar - strengths and weaknesses The Weimar Republic After Germany lost the First World War‚ the Kaiser fled and a new democratic government of Germany was declared in February 1919 at the small town of Weimar. It was too dangerous to make a declaration in Berlin where there had just been a revolt by a Communist group called the Spartacists. STRENGTHS • A Bill of Rights guaranteed every German citizen freedom of speech and religion‚ and equality
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“For People to rule themselves in a Republic‚ they must have virtue; for a Tyrant to rule in a Tyranny‚ he must use fear” – William J. Federer. A Tyranny is a type of ancient Greek government‚ that was formed in the 6th century BC‚ in which an individual ruler (tyrant) have absolute power over the entire state. Most of the time a tyrant would gain power by “usurping” (by force) or by getting elected. In modern society‚ we depict Tyrant as an oppressive leader based on the meaning of the word. Although
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Speech on republic day India celebrates our 64th Republic Day which is one of three national days in India. Commonly 64th Republic Day is a public holiday in most of the countries to honor the day on which the country first became republics. In such some are Commonwealth countries‚ the British sovereign was ruling the state until the change of status. Even though India obtained freedom on August 15‚ 1947‚ Indian Constitution implemented and came into effect only on January 26‚ 1950. King George
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The difference between the Greek culture and the Roman culture? * There are many differences between the two cultures‚ in fact‚ so many that they cannot all be told. One difference is that Greek culture was exceedingly older than Roman culture. To start things out‚ the Greek civilization was in existence long before Rome became a civilization. Rome began as a few farming communities on the banks of the Tiber river‚ and the civilization grew and grew and started to conquer land. As well‚ Rome was
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The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Concessions The Law determines legal conditions for concessions‚ and regulates public relations arising in the process of entering into and fulfilling concession agreements. Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. Main Concepts Used in the Law The Law uses the following concepts: 1) An authorized government body for budget execution – a central executive body implementing functions in the sphere of budget execution‚ maintaining budget accounting
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American Culture and Society Overview ·The 4th largest in the world in size (after Russia‚ Canada‚ and China) ·The 3rd largest in the world in population (after China and India) ·Of all the states‚ Alaska is the largest‚ and Rhode Island the smallest ·The Rockies‚ the backbone of the North American Continent‚ the Continental Divide ·The Mississippi‚ the longest river in US ·The most important lakes: the Five Great Lakes (Lake Superior‚ the largest fresh water lake in the world; Lake
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Analysis of Plato’s allegory of the Cave in the Republic In the Republic‚ Book VII‚ Plato through Socrates presents the allegory of the cave. This allegory is used to help the explanation of how the philosophers are educated from ignorance to knowledge. Socrates defends that true education is not just seeing shadows and visible objects but understanding their nature. This allegory illustrates how‚ in relying on the senses and perception‚ man mistakes the shadows for reality. The people
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Plato’s most famous work is undoubtedly The Republic it has weathered the test of time to provide us with the most influential philosophical doctrine surviving from the ancient Mediterranean. Over the years Plato has been hailed by some as an advocate of women’s rights because of some views he puts forth in The Republic. In Book V of the work Plato has Socrates‚ acting as his voice‚ engage in a discussion of the perfect state with Polemarchus‚ Adeimantus‚ Glaucon‚ and Thrasymachus. In the conversation
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