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    where they contrast from each other. The first form of government I will discuss is a monarchy. Monarchies are not as common as some of the other forms of government in ancient Greece. A monarchy has a single ruler (like a tyranny). The difference between a monarchy and a tyranny is that the head of a monarch receives his power through religion‚ it is believed

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    St. Thomas Aquinas takes many of Aristotle ’s ideas from The Politics in order to create his idea of the best regime. He revisits the good and bad forms of each type of government Aristotle introduced‚ and then makes his decision that the best regime is a type of monarchy that he calls kingship. This decision stems from his definition of a king as "one who rules over the people of a city or province for the common good" (17). Kingship is beneficial because it is the rule of one person. Aquinas states

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    had to make a new government and they didn’t want it to be exactly like Britain. They needed to guard from tyranny for the new country.The Constitution helped to guard from tyranny because everything has balanced power‚ clear structures‚ and a series of checks and balances on each branch in the National Government. Due to writing the Constitution our forefathers help to guard from tyranny for the new country for that day and for ever more. . Everyone has balanced power because of reserved powers

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    shows that when a colonist gets up and fights for their colonies‚ they immediately become respected. He writes this section believing that what he wants is precisely what every logical-thinking American wants‚ which is a nation free from the British tyranny and respect from others‚ to which he shows through his writing and emotional appeal. Using both of these appeals towards the colonists‚ Jefferson and Paine are able to accurately portray the need for a revolution in their own specific

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    mechanisms that prevent the problem of tyranny. Next‚ I present how the negative perception

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    “How Did the Constitution Guard Against Tyranny? James Madison was one of the principle authors of the “Federalist Papers”. They were written and circulated during the ratification (approval) process of the Constitution. They were written to gain support for the Constitution. Document A: FEDERALISM James Madison‚ Federalist Paper #51‚ 1788 “In the compound republic of America‚ the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments‚ and the portion allotted

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    each of you as he deserves. My thanes and kinsmen‚ I name you all earls‚ the first earls that Scotland has ever had. We have a lot to do at the dawn of this new era. We must call home all of our exiled friends who fled from the grip of Macbeth’s tyranny‚ and we must bring to justice all the evil ministers of this dead butcher and his demon-like queen‚ who‚ rumor has it‚ committed suicide. This‚ and whatever else we are called to do by God‚ we will do at the right time and in the right place. So I

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    A Shattered Liberty “Liberty cannot be established without morality‚ nor morality without faith.” Asserted by Alexis de Tocqueville‚ French political thinker and historian and author of the book‚ Democracy in America‚ this quintessential truth regarding freedom encapsulates the movement for freedom during the American Revolution. At first glance‚ this revolution seems to be one that was formed from a desire for wealth and power‚ because of the flawed intent of the British parliament and their taxes

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    allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate governments.” These two government and their branches would “control each other” and would provide the people “a double security.” This wasn’t the only stop against tyranny. More were to

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    constitution”‚ designed the institutional structure to be separated within a form of distribution of powers. Even though Madison’s whole idea of disallowing tyranny through this system is understandable‚ it has created a major dilemma. This allocation of power has caused a slow and time-consuming flow in the process of taking action. The fear of tyranny has caused

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