Politics Essay Samples
Politics · 1,290 words
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To compare the political theories of two great philosophers of
politics is to first examine each theory in depth. Plato is regarded
by many experts as the first writer of political philosophy, and
Aristotle is recognized as the first political...
Politics · 2,370 words
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The year was 1943. Hundreds of Jewish people were being
marched into the gas chambers in accordance with Adolf Hitler's
orders. In the two years that followed, millions of Jews were killed
and only a fraction survived the painful ordeals at the Nazi German...
Politics · 1,028 words
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An elephant was brought to a group of blind men who had never
encountered such an animal before. One felt a leg and reported that an
elephant is a great living pillar. Another felt the trunk and reported
that an elephant is a great snake. Another felt a tusk...
Politics · 1,698 words
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Americans are faced with an ever-growing problem of violence.
Our streets have become a battleground where the elderly are
beaten for their social security checks, where terrified women are
viciously attacked and raped, where teen-age gangsters
shoot it...
Politics · 1,697 words
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Power. A word from which many meanings derive. To each
individual, it means something distinct and it is how one uses their
power that makes up who they are. Power does not come from the barrel
of a gun. A gun can do nothing without someone there to pull...
Politics · 591 words
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Since the days of the pioneers of the United States, firearms
have been part of the American tradition as protection and a means of
hunting or sport. As we near the end of the 20th century the use of
guns has changed significantly. Because of fast...
Politics · 489 words
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Gun control has been a controversial issue for years. A vast
majority of citizens believe that if gun control is strictly enforced
it would quickly reduce the threat of crime. Many innocent people feel
they have the right to bear arms for protection, or even...
Politics · 2,619 words
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The issue of gun control and violence, both in Canada and the
United States, is one that simply will not go away. If history is to
be any guide, no matter what the resolution to the gun control debate
is, it is probable that the arguments pro and con...
Politics · 517 words
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One of the unique and well known features of the Japanese
employment system is permanent employment for workers. Japanese
corporations responses to recessionary periods provide an opportunity
to sort out the myths from the realities of the Japanese...
Politics · 832 words
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Many people believe abortion is a moral issue, but it is also
a constitutional issue. It is a woman's right to choose what she does
with her body, and it should not be altered or influenced by anyone
else. This right is guaranteed by the ninth amendment,...
Politics · 2,627 words
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Both Adam Smith and Alexis de Tocqueville agree that an
individual is the most qualified to make decisions affecting the
sphere of the individual as long as those decisions do not violate the
law of justice. From this starting point, each theorist...
Politics · 1,767 words
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International law is the body of legal rules that apply
between sovereign states and such other entities as have been granted
international personality (status acknowledged by the international
community). The rules of international law are of a...
Politics · 630 words
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In order to guard against what one of the Founding Fathers
called an "excess of democracy," the Constitution was built with many
ways to limit the government's power. Among these methods were
separating the three branches, splitting the legislature so...
Politics · 686 words
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A case for the connection of America's colonial and
revolutionary religious and political experiences to the basic
principles of the Constitution can be readily made. One point in favor
of this conclusion is the fact that most Americans at that time had...
Politics · 2,851 words
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Abstract
The American criminal justice system has traditionally made
the identities and addresses of jurors known to the judge, the
prosecution, and the defense. That tradition began to erode with the
unprecedented sua sponte trial court decision to use an...
