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    was also one for leaving my weekend assignments to the last minute. I once did my weekend assignments during a school trip that Monday because I forgot to do it due to my excitement for the forthcoming trip to the Liberty Science Center. Whilst on the bus school‚ heading to the Liberty Science Center‚ I was able to finish my homework . It was a two hour drive to our destination thus‚ I knew time was on my side. Then

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    Removing ’virtual Strip Search ’ Body Scanners." CNN. Cable News Network‚ 19 Jan. 2013. Web. 04 Mar. 2014. Byman‚ Daniel. "Why Drones Work." Global. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2014. Friedersdorf‚ Conor. "The Irrationality of Giving Up This Much Liberty to Fight Terror." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company‚ 10 June 2013. Web. 26 Feb. 2014. Gertz‚ Bill. "Washington Free Beacon." Washington Free Beacon Pentagon Drone Strikes to Remain Indispensable Weapon Against Terrorists Comments. N.p.‚ n.d.

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    always guaranteed but some were not. Do you know the difference between Civil Liberties and Civil Rights? Do you even know what they are? These two types of guaranteed rights are something citizens should know the difference between. With these rights we have there are some limits to how we can use them. First‚ Civil Liberties guarantee freedoms to an individual that limit what the government can do. For example‚ Civil Liberties can be something from the Bill of Rights. Second‚ Civil Rights guarantee

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    Name Course Tutor Date Argument against Mill’s Liberty Principle Mill’s principle of liberty is based on the concept of individualism. According to him‚ liberty should ensure the promotion of individualism. The main reason is the connection of individualism to man’s utilitarian nature that constantly seeks both social and personal progression. The dual utilitarian argument by Mill is therefore based on the value of choices and each person’s pursuit of happiness. This led to the development of his

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    Benjamin Franklin‚ in many situations‚ it is favorable to give up public liberties so that we may ensure public safety. Such is often the case in airports‚ schools‚ federal buildings and various other locations. Additionally‚ while the constitution means to secure America’s liberties as well as insuring its domestic tranquility‚ it has been shown in several situations that this can not always be upheld. Favorable deals between liberty and safety are commonplace across civilian life. One such example is

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    Civil rights and civil liberties are distinctively different in a few ways. Civil rights can be defined as the different actions that the government takes to prevent discrimination or to create or provide equal conditions to its people‚ mainly in regards to unequal treatment based on groups and characteristics such as race‚ gender‚ disability and more. Civil rights are meant to provide equality to the citizens of the United States in circumstances of education‚ housing‚ job opportunities‚ etc.‚ per

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    Civil rights and civil liberties guarantee the people the protection that they need and respect they deserve in the United States. Before these rights were created there were a lot of problems that people were facing in the United States and the struggle of people being discriminated‚ abused‚ and disrespected by those with authority that eventually abused that power.  However‚ changes started to happen when people came together to better the country as a whole and fairness to its people. Civil rights

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    Patrick Henry’s "Give Me Liberty" speech was propaganda used to persuade the American colonies to band together and fight for a nation independent from Great Britain. He starts the speech off by saying that the colonies efforts of trying to maintain the peace with Britain were not working. The colonists were angry with Parliament for passing Acts of taxation without representatives from the colonies being present to dispute them and wanted Parliament to repeal those Acts. Patrick says that their

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    Many people think that civil rights and civil liberties means the same thing but its actually not. They both mean completely different things. Civil rights are rights granted by the U.S. Constitution. The protection from this government assures citizens the protection against discrimination. On the other hand Civil liberties is something else. Civil liberties are the basic rights citizens have which is protected by the bill of rights. These basic rights that people have are freedom of speech‚ religion

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    Liberty or Death and The Crisis Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry two well known rebel scums in their time‚ both realized a problem with Britain’s current rule over America. After the two were fed up with the constant bashing of the British rule‚ they decided to write speeches giving their point of view. Patrick Henry’s‚ “Liberty or Death”‚ and Thomas Paine’s‚ “the Crisis”‚ both do a magnificent job of demonstrating the oppression Britain had on America through humanity. Patrick Henry does a great

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