During his life he was awarded many awards for all of his hard work. Martin Luther king led many protest marches and delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech. ... This started when a black passenger disobeyed the law and refused to give up her seat, the law at the time required all blacks to give up their seats for white people. ... Many laws were put into place because of Martin Luther King. ... He is a man that will never be forgotten for all his marches, protests and speeches. ...

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However, the one characteristic all leaders had in common was their pursuit to change a problem in America. ... A leader that would justly uphold democracy without bias would bring about equal opportunities for all nationalities, letting all groups of people be heard and not neglected. ... Martin Luther King, Jr.'... King wrote, "For years I have heard the word "Wait!" ... However, they all think leadership is the key to changing the way African-Americans are mistreated and discriminated against. ...

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The king was the head of the government. ... Appeals from the chiefs' court were brought before the king. ... The king organized all men able to fight into impi, or regiments according to their age, experience, and household (Mann 51-2). ... The king was responsible for all national magic and rainmaking, which are rites performed by the king on behalf of the entire nation centered on the ancestors of the royal line (Zulu 941). ... The economy, government, military, and belief systems and rituals all contributed to the greatness of the Zulu civilization. ...

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If a king rules unconscionably, do his subjects have the right to replace him? In the play Richard II, Richard is not at all a man of his action. ... "Our lands, our lives and all, are Bolingbroke's, / and nothing can we call our own but death" (III, ii, 151-152) Richard says when he discovers that his friends have been murdered by Bolingbroke. ... He then gives up the crown himself, without being forced at all - "Now, mark me how I will undo myself" (IV, i, 203). ... Richard is a passive man, and an inappropriate king. ...

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All this behavior shows Agamemnon in an unfavorable light. ... He isn't acting like a very good king, and his people aren't impressed by him. ... Tieresias warns him, Jocasta warns him, and the old shepherd warns him, but he brashly ignores them all. ... No king, no matter how hard he tries, can be a perfect ruler. ... Jason brought all of this upon himself because he loved the idea of become royalty more than he loved his w...

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The task of writing a Declaration and proposing it to King Louis XVI, was far more difficult than starting a government from fresh as the Americans did. ... One or two men may have wrote out this Declaration, but the true power behind it comes from all of the citizens of France. They revolted and wanted to revolutionize due to the unfair conditions in which they had to endure all of their lives. ...

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King Charles I was beheaded. ... With the changes in England they were all very slow. ... This conflict came from the monarchy wanting all power and all control over the Parliament. ... The great King Charles I was beheaded so Oliver Cromwell took control over the English Republic. ... After this all the conflict in England came to an end. ...

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Mandela's American counterpart was Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Death came for King on the balcony of a black-owned hotel on the evening of April 4, 1960. ... King fell over, struck in the neck by a rifle bullet. ... Also, Mandela and King were both arrested for promoting antiapartheid. ... However, white citizens were not required to pass any tests or pay any fees, also infringing upon the equality of all people. ...

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The teaching of Islam emphasized on the dignity of all human beings and the brotherhood of all people, as well as a unity of all people that leads to the tolerance of different groups within a community. All of these religions had an influence on the development of Western Political thought, mainly the responsibilities of individuals to combat oppression, an individual's self worth, and the equality of all people. ... Many of the reasons why people revolted against their current government system was because the people had almost no rights, it was all controlled by the king. The king co...

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The King wanted an ambitious leader willing to expand, so that he could become great. The King had a good deal, so there was no way that he would change the system that benefited him so much. ... All other factions were viewed too badly by other groups and were too disorganised to get anywhere near revolution. ... He tried to please all factions but in pleasing one side, he alienated and annoyed another. ... The steel, automobile and engineering all benefited. ...

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From then on, small riots erupted all over Europe. ... This directly led to the formation of the second republic after King Louis Philippe fled to England. ... Charles Albert, King of Piedmont fought for the uniting of Italy with Pope Pius XIs support. ... First of all, the revolutionary groups were not uniting together. ... I think all these facts were why the revolutionary forces were easily crushed down by the Imperial army. ...

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He believed all men were created equally and none should be subject to another except to prevent one from imposing on the freedoms of another. ... Locke explains that political bodies work best when all men subject to the laws develop and agree upon them. ... In 1688, Catholic King James, the second of England's throne, was in jeopardy. King James II granted religious freedom to Catholics and Protestants (John McKay et. al. 512). ... Many in Parliament were upset because most of the King's subjects were Protestant now. ...

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These were all extremely important due to the stratification of the population into classes, or castes. ... Several aspects will be discussed during the course of this paper, all relating to the development and outcome of the revolution, as well as the causes of the ensuing events. ... The king continued to demand voting by estate, ignoring the newly formed National Assembly. ... However, the king had called in the royal troops, which further maddened the people. ... Where before there was a single power, a monarchy lead by the king, there was now a say for the population. ...

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Where the wealth is concentrated in the king or nobility, in the case of an aristocracy, one must have laws regarding inheritance of property. Property should not be split up from a single child in accordance with primogenitor where the first son inherits all. ... The general principle of democracy is virtue, where people govern themselves and do the right thing all the time. ... In this way no one branch of government would have a large majority of power, as King Louis XIV was working on a tyranny. England had a king, parliament and the commons. ...

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Where the wealth is concentrated in the king or nobility, in the case of an aristocracy, one must have laws regarding inheritance of property. Property should not be split up from a single child in accordance with primogenitor where the first son inherits all. ... The general principle of democracy is virtue, where people govern themselves and do the right thing all the time. ... In this way no one branch of government would have a large majority of power, as King Louis XIV was working on a tyranny. England had a king, parliament and the commons. ...

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The King, the Democracy, and the Aristocracy. The King is when government is ruled by one man. ... Hobbes in his own opinion believes the King or Monarchy to be the best form of common-wealth that can be formed for the people. ... For no King can be rich, nor glorious, nor secure; whose Subjects are either poor, or contemptible, or too weak through want or dissention, to maintain a war against their enemies:".... It states that a Monarchy is good a King cannot disagree with himself. ...

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The next stage is thought, where people escape the cave and begin to see all else around them as real. ... At this point, does one understand the true Form of the Good completely, and become a philosopher king. is made clear by Plato, that very few people even make it out of the cave, let alone become philosopher kings. ... Plato's message becomes even more clear by analyzing the ultimate mission of the philosopher king. The ultimate mission of a philosopher king, one who has been out of the cave and seen the light, is to go back into the cave and educate those who remain so that they m...

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Although majority of American citizens are Christians and majority of Indians are Hindus, Americans and Indians all enjoy the freedom to worship to whichever God they choose, in whichever manner they choose to do so. ... They were segregated from others and were not given all of their rights. ... Martin Luther King tried to tackle this problem in USA using Gandhi's non-violence method. ... Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. were all assassinated in the United States of America. In India, Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi were all killed by assassins. ...

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The Peloponnesian War was fought between Sparta and Athens and their corresponding allies; the war engulfed all of Greece, even reaching Sicily and Persia, and raged for 27 years (431-404 BC). ... In Book III of The Histories, Herodotus (484-425 BC) gives an account of a group of noblemen who after throwing the false king must choose the type of government or leadership in which to rule the kingdom. They debated the merits of monarchy, oligarchy and popular rule, finally settling on monarchy, where Darius is made their king. ... The initial decision was to kill all adult men and enslave the re...

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Liberty now because of how the Kings lived how they would set laws and break them themselves they felt like they could move above the laws which the citizens did not prefer it all and they wanted to have the liberty of having the Kings to follow their own rules that they created. So during the French Revolution there was a Constitution that was signed that would give the citizens and in forced the king to follow his own rules or he would either get punished exiled or even executed. ... John Locke is known as one of the most influential philosophers he had to do with so many revolutions that if...

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This eventually led to a serious political conflict between the King and the nobility over how to "reform " the tax system (Schwartz). With the Enlightenment gaining serious momentum and popularity, it was difficult for the King, Louis XVI to be effective" (Wood 174-208). ... Of the three revolutions discussed, while situations and contexts are different, they are all similar due to the nature of what a revolution actually is. ...

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In monarchy, the common people must obey the rule based on the self-interest of the King. ... Since we all know that no one has flawless judgment, a society governed by a group of people has a better chance of being a better society. ... From the time of US declaration of independence, Martin Luther King, feminism, and the WTO, all seeks for basic rights for all human being. All of these people are fighting for their rights to be heard in their system of government so they can pursuit their goals. ... Martin Luther King's actions in his struggle in proposing African American's equ...

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King Chulalongkorn, one of the greatest king of Siam, was best-known for his royal contribution to Thai society that was Slave Abolition Act. ... The king also attempted to encourage equality in Thailand with school uniforms. ... "In the provision of education, all individuals shall have equal rights and opportunities to receive basic education provided by the State for the duration of at least twelve years. ... All of displeasing conditions of their lives force them to raise money in every way they can, including taking bribe in elections. ... Most of all, absolute authority is centrali...

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Locke defined political power as "the right of making laws with penalties of death, and all less penalties, for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the force of the community in the execution of such laws, and in the defense of the commonwealth from foreign injury, and all this only for the public good." ... Since the simple forms of government, monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy, would inevitably degenerate into tyranny, oligarchy, and monarchy respectively, the best policy was one that combined all three simple forms. ... In Britain, the King represented monarchy,...

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Once Antigone was denied the right to mourn for her own brother then that was other people in the community should have stood up with her and revolted against the king. ... After reviewing all the information handed down to us over the many generations I have come to realize that finding a just and fair government is almost impossible. ... There was never the ability to move up and the king made the decisions based on what he thought was best ratherthen what the people wanted. ...

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