... to answer, but thanks to Edward Snowden, an NSA whistle blower, we know (more or less of) the truth behind congress' involvement with the PATRIOT Act. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, the author of the original PATRIOT Act is now speaking up against the act that he wrote in 2001 after the NSA's actions were brought to light, and is now authoring a counteractive ... some of their structural strength-and that required exposure to much less heat. "I have never seen melted steel in a building fire," says retired New York deputy fire chief Vincent Dunn, author of The Collapse Of Burning Buildings: A ...

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... ways that you could improve upon it. Regarding substantive concerns, you need to spend more time on what government actually is and achieves. Your treatment of government's role across each author is much too brief. You merely mention it and then move on. To be fair, you have an appropriate premise, but it, too, needs to be substantiated. Toward that end ... ...

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... sovereign in exchange for security and peace, he rationally gave up all personal freedoms in the contract. The individual still has absolute freedom and liberty because the individual is the author of the contract between the subject and the sovereign; therefore the subject is ultimately responsible for the actions of the sovereign. The Rights of the Sovereign (Hobbes, Leviathan 134 v/s 139 ... ...

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... authority to write a straightforward book on the subject. Infact, he finds his opinions so factual that he neglects to establish himself as an authority before proceeding into the book. The author of a book on how to play basketball would start off by describing his prowess as a basketball player so that his statements can have more merit The absent of this in ... ...

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... ) Machiavelli believes that the capacity to respond to and deal with fortune is what shows true leadership and virt , which will inevitably lead to a strong, controlled principality. In Amoral Politics, author, Ben-Ami Scharfstein supports this accommodating nature. " A leader who is adaptable when unforeseen events occur will be ensured success- (Scharfstein 1995, 252) The flexibility of Machiavelli's argument indicates that Machiavelli ... ...

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