Instead, they ruled themselves directly; each man was a life long member of the decision making body. ... Locke's book, Two Treatises (published in 1690), stated that under the "social contract," the government's job was to protect "natural rights", which included "the right to life, liberty, and the ownership of property." ... From Locke, Jefferson borrowed the idea that all men are created equal, and he altered the right to life, liberty and property to "the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." ... Participatory Democrats feel that citizens should have a vo...

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Although in the United States today we accept democracy as a form of life it had its early beginnings in the city-states of Ancient Greece. ... Democracy represented a form of political life of the self-governing and included every citizen of the city. ... Individuals were able to shape their lives according to personal choice. ...

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Machiavelli's Republic Considering Machiavelli's concepts of virtu and the functional role of the citizen in state affairs, we can infer that Machiavelli's republicanism is above all else a commitment to the vivere civil or civil life. ... "Any form of government, including republican or popular government, which does not fulfill the requirements of civil and political life is either a tyranny or a corrupt republic- that is, the two worst calamities that can befall a people" Essentially, tyranny under this theory involves the absence of the rule of law. ... Like the juris...

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These things are known as allegories, because they are symbols that stand for the truths about human life. ... Similar to the breakdown of the island, over the course of Adam and Eve's lives, the Garden of Eden is gradually destroyed and has come to the same circumstance, no longer existing because of man kind's evil ways. ... Lastly, Simon is interconnected with nature and respects all life. ...

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The jumbled view that political reform and openness will immediately result `n a better economic life could lead to disillusion for the pools of youth suffering from a hangover effect after the revolutions. ...

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One of the reasons that China's GDP has been growing at a yearly average of ten percent for the past two decades is the large amount of Foreign Direct Investment coming from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the West. However, China's GDP growth rate dropped to 8.7 percent during 2012 with a slow down in export...

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Or do Romanians put up with the corruption, excessive red-tapism and week, politically controlled judiciary dominating the circumstances surrounding their lives and obstructing sustainable economic development as a god-given plight? ...

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