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    government. He thought that church and state needed to be separate‚ however you should not leave your religious beliefs behind. Throughout Franklin’s life he did a lot of compromising‚ the one thing that he would not compromise on was his aversion to tyranny. These beliefs made him become a founding father for his views on English’s taxes and other things. Freedom of expression is one of the basic rights that Americans have‚ in fact it is in the First Amendment. Benjamin Franklin strongly believed

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    Macbeth: the Realms of Evil In Shakespeare’s Macbeth ‘The heavens‚ as troubled with man’s act‚ / Threaten his bloody stage. By th’ clock ‘tis day‚ / And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp. / Is’t night’s predominance‚ or the day’s shame‚ / That darkness does the face of earth entomb‚ / When living light should kiss it? The natural order of the universe has collapsed giving rise to the realm of darkness where ‘Men must not walk too late’‚ since things are not what they seem and evil

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    writing‚ be remembered as The Air Dictatorship or Puritan Tyranny. This council established The Supply Control‚ The Transport (and Trading) Control‚ an Educational and Advertising Control‚ and other controls that varied from time to time. Each one of these subsidiary organs was carefully created and essentially replaced the need for kings or presidents because the notion of a sovereign state was eliminated. Although by 2106‚ the Puritan Tyranny had resolved to end it’s reign as the “Offical World-Government

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    In 1776‚ American Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence‚ which severed the bonds between the United States and Britain‚ and started to build a new nation; one built using the concept of Revolution. By 1826‚ they had reorganized the government of America into something entirely different from Britain’s monarchical reign. Additionally‚ the Americans started to implement new ideas and views on the social structure in America. Lastly‚ they had a distinct geographical separation

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    George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a satirical and allegorical novel of the failed Russian Revolution. The animals of Animal Farm live under the tyranny of their farmer‚ Mr. Jones. The animals are taught to rebel against the only real enemy they have. As the novel progresses the farm falls under the control of the pigs. The events of the story unfold as a result of the actions of characters such as Napoleon‚ Old Major and Boxer‚ but these results would not have been possible if not for the blind faith

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    distrusted popular rule while Jefferson feared tyranny and thought in terms of liberty and freedom. Thomas Jefferson was an agrarian soul who favored popular rule. He placed his trust in the land and the people who farmed it and desired that America would remain a nation of farmers. He emphasized liberty‚ democracy‚ and social welfare and believed that the main purpose of government was to assure freedom of its individual citizens. He had a fear of tyranny and distrusted centralized power‚ especially

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    “Democracy is the government of the people‚ by the people‚ for the people.”(Abraham Lincoln).Do you believe that democracy is the best form of government? To what extent? Democracy states that every citizen in a given society has as much power in its resolutions as any other and the decisions concerning the individuals in it must be performed equally‚ by all; be it directly or through freely elected representatives. "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except

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    away other rights.  If we cannot speak freely‚ who is to say in the future we can vote freely. All the things we have grown accustomed to‚ as Americans‚ will be lost. Without this right in the Constitution‚ the people could be easily subjected to tyranny. The second most important Amendment to the Constitution gives the right to every citizen to bear arms. It was written so that a person could defend

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    the Queen (Henrietta Maria‚ catholic) free exercise of her religion in count. This was bound to infuriate an anti-catholic public. The features of government under the personal rule‚ which opponents described has an ‘Eleven Years Tyranny’ (Tyranny –Cruel and arbitrary use of authority‚ (quote‚ The CIVIL WARS 1640-49 by Angela Anderson)) was an attempt to establish order‚ hierarchy and uniformity across the British kingdoms. Nowhere was this more clearly demonstrated than in

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    deceitful and blood-thirsty manner is indubitably shown by his lack of remorse and responsibility for the horrible crimes he has committed. He falters and stutters in the witness box as he claims that "the witches" had deceived him into murder and tyranny. That these "witches" were at fault.

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