... for all. Although this does mirror some initial acceptance and even encouragement of an almost feudal system, as early as 1630. Aboard the Arbella, en route to the New World, John Winthropp described the inequality of wealth and social/political status (into which people were born at the time) as "for the glory of (the individual's) Creator and the common good ... of the creature, man."" Later however the religious emphasis put on American lifestyle by the first Puritan settlers was lost, to an extent, with writers such as Franklin who suggested it was not a message from God whether or ...

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... all ethnicities, sexual orientations, lifestyles and religions; meanwhile, it strips society of its fundamental right to make conscious decisions based on individuals" own free choice (5). The purpose of this concept is to include all members of society by treating them equally and to remove offensive language, but the cost of transforming our environment into a pleasant, forcefully courteous one is ... movements in the 1960's, and it is a necessary component in maintaining a comfortable atmosphere for minorities. Those individuals fail to comprehend that political correctness is leftist...

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... believed government to be not a means of controlling and restricting the people of a nation, but instead thought it as an institution put in place by the people and for the people. Jefferson felt that both individuals and governments are subject to moral law, suggesting that morality refers to conduct that is ... and it is within each person's own self that they come to understand this. He explains that all men are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" and goes on to list among them the rights to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. We must assume from the con...

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