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In five pages the historical definitions of responsibility and freedom and how they have changed are featured in the works 'A Mode...
"I Have a Dream" speech (Gardner and Avolio 32). He also did this with "free at last" as a catch phrase which echoes in many peopl...
in his critical assessment of Where Do We Go From Here, "If you stand with the poor, if you experience their homes and their house...
In five pages this quote is considered within the context of injustice in a discussion of such works as Chief Joseph's I Will Figh...
between the citizen and the government? Throughout the ages many great men have spouted views on politics regarding the role of ...
In six pages this paper examines how just law and unjust law are conceptualized in 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' by Martin Luthe...
as a perfectly legal act, but because the State was made up of "neighobours," who in private conversations with him said they supp...
punishes her by labeling her with the letter "A" and through social ostracism. Thoreaus argument with the state in "Civil Disobe...
diet preference and sexual activity. Two classic works are extremely useful in allowing us to understand the role of societ...
garnered from the ideals of Thoreau as well (Scholastic). In light of these facts it is clear that King was not only influenced di...
speed toward gaining political independence, but we stiff creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch ...
the "promissory note" that was made to each and every American when the Constitution was written (King, 1963). He and the group ha...
perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...
a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs" (Thoreau 188)....
as Thoreau gets. If anything Thoreau gives us a warning about excessive public involvement: He who gives himself entirely to hi...
In 5 pages this paper examines the reactions to public school prayer by this trio of social philosophers and what advice each woul...
thinkers in American history, including Andrew Jackson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Martin Luth...
a famous series of protest letters under the name of "M.B. Drapier." While his identity as the letter-writer was known throughout ...
"good" people of the country should think seriously about using infants at the age of 1 as sources of food and material. The entir...
gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...
In five pages this paper examines the similarities and differences in the peace teachings and writings of Thoreau, Gandhi, and Kin...
readers. However, if my own ignorance in sea affairs shall have led me to commit some mistakes, I alone am answerable for them" (S...
In eight pages this paper discusses how Western culture has been affected by religion in a consideration of such powerful figures ...
In seven pages this paper examines political and economic freedom in a consideration of the perspectives of Benjamin Franklin, Ale...
Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...
about many things ranging from bullfighting and big game hunting to political causes such as the Spanish Civil War and World War I...
Malcolm X who had such ideas, and his concept had nothing to do with changing class problems, but with race. The notion that soci...
American people, Thoreau argues that the government "does not settle the West. It does no educate" that it is the American people...
In three pages this paper exmaines individual responsibility and social determinism as discussed in articles written by Walter Sta...
In five pages this paper agrees with Thomas Jefferson's 'declaration.' There are three bibliographic sources cited....