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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Their civilization was broken down into small city-states (never more than 10,000 citizens), and all the men voted on all issues of government. ... Cicero suggested that all people have certain rights that should be preserved. ... Nobles forced King John to sign this "Great Charter" that created the English "Parliament", or law-making body, and stated that the written laws held a higher power than the king, thereby limiting the power of the Royal family and giving some of that power to the people. Later, the Petition of Right (1628) set that the King could no longer tax without parliament'...

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During the late 19th century, the Cambodian king at the time turned to the French for assistance, as Cambodia had been suffering from constant threat of invasion from both the Vietnamese and the Thai people. ... The Khmer rouge movement led by Pol Pot, also known as, "Brother Number One," (Cambodia Tribunal Monitor) accounted for an estimated 1.5-3 million deaths and was aimed at erasing all Cambodian history, prior to their rise to power. ... Cambodia today, is seen as a constitutional monarchy with king Norodom Sihamoni serving as the country's head of state. Moreover, the exe...

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The founders of democracy in Athens exercised decisions through a direct democracy in which all male citizens were allowed to have direct influence on the decisions. ... In Greek civilizations a tyranny is someone who seizes power of the King without proper royal descent. ... The new freedoms extended to include all parts of society including social, economic, ethical, religious, judicial, and political freedoms. ... This included all people of the state regardless of class, rank, standing or wealth. ...

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This shows that for a state to be recognized as a democratic nation, it should therefore indoctrinate some elements of democracy or all features of democracy if it is possible. ... Plato then came with the second best form of government which is timocracy, this is the form of government ruled by warriors in which all the political decisions aim to bring military power and status. ... He made it clear that in a democratic government, there are no philosopher kings who will serve all citizens equally and fairly regardless of their class. ...

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Jack and his tribe are clearly not satisfied with the heavenly setting and become obsessed with hunting and getting meat, even though they have food supply from all the fruit trees. ... Much the same, Adam and Eve become obsessed with the forbidden fruit and find themselves in lust for it, even when they have the option of choosing from all the other fruit trees. ... Lastly, Simon is interconnected with nature and respects all life. ... After all, we're not savages. ... The boys' actions on the island lead to their eventual defeat to stay moral and they symbolize, through religious m...

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In a democratic society the government is not a single all- powerful authority wielding ultimate decisive power. ... All rights and freedoms within the Charter provide for adequate protection of the individual's liberty and security. ... The concept of majority rule can only be reconciled when the rights of all citizens are recognized and protected. ... All rights of any individual should and can be protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. ... Vriend was fired from King's College for being homosexual. ...

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As Jeffrey Simpson points out in his book The Friendly Dictatorship, the power of appointing a successor is central to all "Sun Kings,"" in that it keeps those under you loyal and subservient. ... Needless to say the Prime Minister, whether rightly or wrongly, was cleared of all implications, and Canada may never know the true facts of the case. ... All major policy comes to and goes through the Prime Minister. ... All of the central agencies such as the PMO, PCO, Department of Finance, and Treasury Board Secretariat, all need the support of the Prime Minister to be effective, and all are s...

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Conclude this section with a description of the structure of American government [all branches] and politics at that time. ... All of the tax acts of the day (sugar act, stamp act, Townshend acts, etc.) were cockamamie labels for purposeless taxes imposed on the colonists. ... Between the time of signing and spring of 1790, there were many debates in order to get all the states to agree to the new document. ... But with the agreement that personal liberties would be addressed in the form of a bill of rights all states agreed to the new form of government. ... We see all of this having a ...

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