Edmund Burke

something a person doesn’t wish to glance at, and yet, they must stare, they have no other choice as they quiver in its wake. Such ideas are still held in modern literature, however, as this method of perceiving the world has been present before Edmund Burke offered his definitions, works of art and its writings reflect each other throughout history. This is especially true with those who question the stereotypes that arise from the beautiful and the sublime with gender roles and religion. The…

There are many bad people in the world but bad is not equal to evil. Christian faith teaches that we are to hate the sin but love the sinner. The actions that the men and women made during this stressful time should not define them as a person. The Holocaust brought out the worst in some people and the absolute best in others. The individuals who did rescue others did nothing that seemed out of the ordinary to them. Rescuers did not view what they were doing to be something special. Rather…

INTRODUCTION The naval battle of Valcour Island took place on Lake Champlain in the fall of 1776. The battle was fought between Benedict Arnold’s small fleet against Sir Guy Carleton’s superior British naval force. After gaining British naval superiority on the Lake Champlain, Carleton halted the British invasion and returned to Canada. Carleton himself cited in a letter to Lord Germain on October 14, 1776, “The season is so far advanced…whether any thing further can be done this year” as a…

Upon the edge of revolution, a country tottered, waiting for the final push. England had pressed upon a tired and loose colonial aggregate, and though these pressures were sometimes justified, they brought together a quite recently bickering populace with contempt for taxation and other misgivings. From the northmost colony of Maine to the buffer colony Georgia, all knew that contentions were stewing. However, though insurrection was on the mind of each colonist, this concept lie slanted in many…

Early Life in England At first glance the town of Thetford, located 60 miles northeast of London, might not look like much, but it is actually the birthplace of one of the most influential people in the American Revolution: Thomas Paine. On January 29, 1737 a baby boy was born to Joseph and Frances Paine. At the time no one knew what the boy would grow up to be, and no one would know for another 36 years! But the first 36 years of his life were marked by failure and tragedy, until he moved to…

Power in The Hands of The Manipulative: The Downfall of Salem Many individuals like Edmund Burke have stipulated that the more power an individual has, the more prone he or she is to exploit it. Exploitation of power is more pronounced in individuals with manipulative personalities. The Crucible presents a clear example of the aforementioned stipulation. The play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller is set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Betty Parris, daughter of Reverend Parris, becomes sick after…

There are roughly _4000_ political action committees (PACs) in the United States. Congress's strength as a policymaking institution includes its ability to represent a wide range of interests, capacity for compromise and negotiation, responsiveness to local interests. Economic groups have an advantage over non-economic groups because they have greater access to financial resources About 90% percent of all PAC contributions go to the incumbents. According to James Madison, the source of most…

Creative Corrections Prison has been around since the beginning of time and has played various roles throughout its history. To understand how copying and creativity have influenced our corrections system we must understand how crime and punishment have been dealt with in the past. Through analyzing the history behind prisons and punishment we can see how copying and creativity has made its mark on the idea of prison. Copying and creativity have played an active role in shaping the western…

(Arendt, 286). Arendt argues that in order to have specific rights you must have the rights to have rights, meaning that we are entitled to our basic human rights however our actions and opinions determines our rights to have specific rights. As Edmund Burke said, “we are not born equal; we become equal as members of a group on the strength of our decisions to guarantee ourselves mutually equal rights (Arendt, 301).” Therefore, the idea of rights of man or human rights is meaningless unless you…

We all know the story of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, right? Every American knows that these people were much more than Americans, they were great American Presidents. These were men who physically changed the world to be the way it is today, imagine if our nation was never born or turned away from racial discrimination. America would not be where we are today if it wasn’t for these men and many other great Americans like them. Why could I safely assume that you knew who these men were…