Helen Thomas

The Merriam Webster dictionary defines liberty as “the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges”. Liberty was said to be an unalienable right to United States citizens in the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Both the American and French revolution had a strong influence on the art of their time. Revolutions inspired patriotic art depicting various interpretations of liberty, including the painting by Delacroix titled Liberty Leading the People and…

The concept of human nature, in a world in which humans claim to believe various theories, differs between different accounts by two intellectual men, Thomas Hobbes and Francis De Waal. According to Hobbes, he views every human being as equal because he believes that every individual, no matter the physical or mental difference, were born with the ability of killing or harming any other individual. According to De Waal, however, he believes the opposite of Hobbes idea of human nature because De…

Long Thai Nov 30 T. Washington and Fredrick Douglass "No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it", Albert Einstein said. Indeed, T. Washington and Fredrick Douglass are two typical examples about this talk. Even thought they were born in the slavery, all of them had several different ways to achieve their goals. I am going to explore some similarities and differences between T. Washington and Fredrick Douglass in this essay. First of all, their backgrounds are…

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are both political philosophers that have greatly influenced modern political thought. Both Hobbes and Locke reject the idea of a divine right, leading to both conveying their idea of a “social contract” an agreement between people and government, due to man living in “state of nature.” However, as both philosophers agreed on the existence of the state of “nature” the condition in which humanity resided before there was any form of civil society and a “social…

Hillbilly Elegy, a book written by J. D. Vance, is one of the more recent New York Times bestsellers. The book itself is essentially a memoir of Vance’s (the author’s) life growing up In the Appalachian region of the United Sates. Though it is possible to provide a thorough summary on what this set of memoirs is, it will probably be made easier after it is explained what they aren’t. Despite what the title of the New York Times’ and other sources with the likes of the same title “Review: In…

Individualism advocates that interests of the individual should achieve precedence over the state or a social group.Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires and so value independence and self-reliance. Ayn Rand, a Russian-American novelist,a champion of individual rights , in her celebrated works Anthem and The Fountainhead upholds the cause of Individualism manifested in characters like Equality 7-2521,International 4-8818,Liberty 5-3000 and Howard Roark. The bloody…

In 1886, Richard Sears was working as a train station agent in North Redwood, Minnesota. During his free time, he would sell odds and ends to locals in order to make extra cash. One day, he stumbled upon a jeweler who had received an incorrect shipment of watches and offered to buy them off him. Richard sold them, made profit, and ordered a new batch for resale. This is when Richard created Sears which at the time was called R.W. Sears Watch Company. R.W. Sears Watch Company began as a mail…

Thomas Jefferson who lived from the year 1743 to 1826, was the author of the declaration of independence, the third president of the United States of America and a leading figure in America 's development. He was once the governor of Virginia and later he served as The United States secretary of state, then he became the vice president under John Adams. He moved to become a president for two terms, from 1801 to 1809. During his terms as president, America became a striving nation of small…

James Madison’s “Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments,” which appeared half of a decade after Jefferson’s “Bill for establishing Religious Freedom,” is an expressive piece defending what he believes is necessary for religious freedom. This article was drafted as a protestation against “[a] bill establishing a provision for Teachers of the Christian Religion,” the goal of which Madison argues is a misuse of governmental power. This remonstrance by Madison is dated June 20, 1785…

The War of 1812 tends to be uncommonly discussed. However, this event led to major consequences for America. The United States imposed war on Great Britain to further gain their independence from Britain, once known as its mother country. However, war was not wanted by neither the United States nor Great Britain but America believed war was necessary in order to force Britain to withdraw impressment and unfair trade regulations. Therefore, the War of 1812, fought between America and Britain, is…