be maximised wherever possible. In political terms‚ the liberals started out with broad support of individual freedom‚ but with a strong justice system and with state control over the courts‚ infrastructure etc. The United Kingdom is probably the best example of a liberal country. In the 19th century‚ its politics were dominated by the Whigs; the Liberal Party. The U.S. also started off as a liberal country (the Revolution was a liberal revolution)‚ but ultimately‚ the issues of slavery and manifest
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Wallechinsky’s article “Is the American Dream Still Possible?” emphasizes how the American Dream is harder to achieve today due to prices rising‚ smaller wages for employees‚ and less benefits. To begin with‚ the American Dream is harder to achieve because prices continue to rise in the U.S. According to the article‚ “American businesses make decisions based on what is best for their shareholders and investors‚ not what’s best for their employees” This quote clearly explains that American businesses make decisions
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The German Protestants were a group of religious people who sought refuge in the New World away from the fighting and hate in Germany. The Germans first started to go to the New World in the 17th century to get away from religious persecution‚ and started to build their colonies with the help of pre-existing colonies. German Protestants were an interesting group of people because of why they wanted to leave Germany‚ when and where they went to the New World‚ and how they set up their colonies. In
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Many people think the American Dream isn’t reachable because of how hard someone might have to work to reach it. Honestly I believe that anyone can reach it if they try hard enough to get to that dream. The American Dream to me involves family and friends. Money may be nice to have but if people don’t have family and friends to back them up then why try to reach that dream? I think if Americans work hard and try hard reaching that dream will be a breeze to reach. In addition to that I think the
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Background: a. Death by guns is a big problem in the Philippines. From January to May this year 2013‚ more than a hundred Filipinos were killed from election-related violence alone. In the year 2002‚ the Vera Institute of Justice reported that 6‚500 Filipinos died from gun violence (Galace‚ n.d). b. Gun ownership in the Philippines is not required but a privilege however carrying it outside residence is another issue thus the state provided a “permit to carry firearms” for those who needed it. c.
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"The American President‚" directed by Rob Reiner is portraying everyday problems the president has to face along with hidden political issues that concern his presidency. The movie begins with Andrew Shepherd‚ a role played by Micheal Douglas who’s a widow president with a young daughter and is currently running for his second term. He is counting on his crime bill to cinch the result of the upcoming political struggle. In the movie there is an organization called "Global Defense Council" who have
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should have power. These beliefs caused up of series of arguments and complex views of authority. The volume of authority the king had over the colonies would be devastating almost immediately. Different views of dealing with this and other problems were always resolved through religious practices of the situations‚ especially as more enlightened beliefs spread. Although most of the colonial settlers interpreted their rights of liberty and freedom as powers granted by God to be defended‚ some felt
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as in an autocracy‚ or it may be a group‚ as in an oligarchy. The great Renaissance historian John Addington Symonds refers to the 14th and 15th Centuries in Italy as the “Age of the Despots.” It was under the tyrannies‚ in the midst of all the wars and revolutions‚ that the Italians were given the chance to develop their peculiar individuality. This individuality determined the qualities of the Renaissance and affected Europe as a whole. Italy‚ due to their unique form of politics‚ was able to
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the Jabidah Massacre slapped the abhorrent and painful issues kept inside the hearts and minds of our Muslim brethren. Deep inside‚ they are rebelling for being discriminated‚ marginalized‚ and forsaken. Then Nur Misuari or Chairman Nur united them under Moro National Liberation Front in the aim of getting the national government to listen and listen intently. After a widespread bloodshed‚ both sides took a halt and decided to bring the issues squarely on one table. It was one of the longest talks
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economic and political control over other nations; the notion of a globally stretching “American Empire” with such connotations was first made popular after the Spanish-American War of 1898 with the US annexation of the Philippines. Although previous US expansionism shares many similarities with this “new” age of expansionism‚ they also diverged from one another in several key ways. This new stage of American expansionism took place through the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth
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