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» Politics and Government Essays and Papers
The American Oligarchy
<view this essay>.... sit idly by. This goes against the very principle of democracy. Aristotle said of this Any one man [of the many] may be inferior [to a man of excellence], but the city-state is made up of many men. Just as a meal done by many is better than a single and simple one, for this reason a mass (ochlos) can judge many things better than any one man. In addition, that which is many is less likely to be corrupted. So, although an individual's judgment can be corrupted when he is overcome by anger or some other emotion, it is difficult for all to become angry and make erroneous judgments simultaneously. If all the men are good men and good citizens, they are less corrupt .....
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Housing Discrimination And Hou
<view this essay>.... tactics, many white Americans continue to limit the opportunities of minorities, and because of the nature of these tactics, the individual oppressed minorities are usually unaware of their existence. The problem lies in the racism that is deeply rooted in the foundation of this country, whose capitalist origins started in large slave owning plantations. As a result, a general attitude of minority inferiority has permeated our culture. Because of these attitudes, many white Americans in a position of authority segregate minorities and subsequently segregate themselves, altogether eliminating contact between the two groups despite their relative proximit .....
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1984: A Political Statement Against Totalitarianism
<view this essay>.... directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism
and for democratic socialism, as I understand it" ("George Orwell").
George Orwell has been a major contributor to anticommunist literature
around the World War II period. Orwell lived in England during World War
II, a time when the totalitarianism state, Nazi Germany, was at war with
England and destroyed the city of London. " I know that building' said
Winston finally. Its a ruin now. It's in the middle of the street
outside the Palace of Justice.' That's right. Outside the Law Courts. It
was bombed in-oh many years ago'" (Orwell 83). This reflects Orwell's own
life experiences as a citizen in war .....
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All Men Created Equal
<view this essay>.... who felt he was witnessing a slow decay in the
foundation of the American principles. His views were not met with unanimous
applause from the American people. He battled against an equally strong
constituency – the slave owner's and their presidential candidate, Judge Douglas.
Abraham's grounds for the abolition of slavery were based on the words that
were scripted in the Declaration of Independence and the meaning of those words
as they related to American citizens and the celebration of the 4th of July.
Many American's argued that the Negroes were not entitled to the same rights
because they were not legally citizens of the United States of America. .....
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Agent Orange
<view this essay>.... Academy of Sciences, a research arm of the government, is reviewing the results and is to report to the Department of Veterans Affairs, which will decide possible compensation to veterans. The study found a 47 percent increase in diabetes among veterans with the highest levels of dioxin in their bloodstream. Dioxin is the compound in linked to health effects in laboratory animals. The result is based on 1997 physical examinations of 1,000 Air Force veterans who were exposed to during the nine years that it was used as a defoliant and crop killer in Vietnam. Joel Michalek, the lead investigator in the study, told a Pentagon news conference that because studies .....
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Elitists In Democracy
<view this essay>.... democracy has been one in which political competition preceded expansion of participation. The result is that the rules, the practices, and the culture of competitive politics developed first among a small elite, and the critical transition from non-party politics to party competition also occurred initially with the restricted group.” This statement suggests that it is the fault of the elite, which represents only a minute percentage of the populations of Argentina and Brazil, that democracy has not had the chance to develop and flourish completely.
Argentina’s oligarchy revolved around the Conservative Party, and “they were convinced that only the upper c .....
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The Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI)
<view this essay>.... of the FBI. Both Attorney
General Bonaparte and President Roosevelt, who completed their terms in
March 1909, recommended that the force of 34 Agents become a permanent part
of the Department of Justice. Attorney General George Wickersham,
Bonaparte's successor, named the force the Bureau of Investigation on March
16, 1909. At that time, the title Chief Examiner was changed to Director
of the Bureau of Investigation.
When the Bureau was established, there were few federal crimes.
The Bureau of Investigation primarily investigated violations of laws
involving national banking, bankruptcy frauds, antitrust crime,
naturalization, and neutrality violation. W .....
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Refugees Population And Needs
<view this essay>.... .uno should try hard to provide these helpless refugees with enough food so that they can survive.unicef and unesco should be given the responsibilities to conserve the rights of the children. the shortage of necessary resources in this state has led to gang rapes,murders and terrorism.some days back cnn reported live about the condition in the state of kosovo. it said that the owner of the delta air lines was providing food , bathroom and clothing facilities to the refugees ,(all on his own) .cnn also interviewed;live; a reefugee living near kosovo . he tearfully tried to tell the conditions of kosovo; but i remember the time he narrated. "i cant tell you t .....
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