Liberal democracy

Politicians usually use directives and commissives in their political speeches. Perhaps, the commissives are even present to a greater extent than directives because the main characteristic of commissives is to express what the speaker intends to do. They are used by politicians to commit themselves to some future action. Like other politicians, Donald Trump also uses commissives in his political speeches. To restrict illegal immigration, President Trump has promised to build a wall on the…

After reading some of the characteristic doctrines of the Enlightenment, I figured they focused on addressing issues of power and dominance of monarchy, aristocrats, and tyrant over the colonies. I find those who embodied Enlightenment as philosophers with determination and are optimistic. When it comes to ideas, the freedom to think gives them room to get facts most of which they put into writing. Reasoning gives one the opportunity to observe, experiment and practice before making a decision.…

imposed. The source which is presented is a quote said by Jean Chretien, who was the former prime minister of Canada, claiming that an influential leader is aware of political systems and as well as, economical operations. Jean Chretien possesses a liberal ideology. He is a communist and his views are left-wing on the spectrum, as in, he claims a prominent leader should acknowledge and well understand businesses, unions and education in universities. Yes, government intervention is pivotal in…

eventually everything got out of hand and the King was overruled. The Roman Empire turned into being a republic. They didn’t want to be ruled over by a king, they wanted to make their own decisions, their own laws, and they want to have their own democracy. One challenge when there is a republic is meeting the common good. Now looking back on everything ancient room only somewhat not the common good In their empire. Providing Public Services In Rome, they had things that were provided…

Fighting Voter Suppression Voter suppression is a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising the right to vote. As states keep passing voter suppression laws, our voting rights remain being attacked. Many states, California for example, make their citizens believe that after any contact with the criminal justice system means they have lost their right to vote. The whole reason for making people believe this is so people of color will…

Throughout history the establishment of a democracy has often been a goal of a nation’s citizens. Unfortunately, when restrained by the grip of tyranny the resulting fight for such a cause is often met with the bloodshed of innocent people. The birth of America, even, was done so by taking up arms against tyrannical and unfair rulers. History seems to always repeat itself. In March 2011, pro-democracy protests broke out in Syria demanding the resignation of its nation’s abusive president…

the people to form a new government. As he stated, “Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible; it is therefore an emanation of virtue; it is not so much a special principle as it is a consequence of the general principle of democracy applied to our country 's most urgent needs” (Terror and Virtue Letter). The Reign of Terror ended when the citizens put Robespierre on trial and executed him in 1794. Even with many deaths, fears, and changes…

On November 5th, 1958 Jennings Randolph took to office as a Senator of West Virginia. Senator Randolph 's career is expressed in the limelight of many younger American citizens. This is because Randolph dedicated his time in office to lower the age requirement to vote. Randolph thought that if 18 years older were old enough to be drafted into the army and fight for their country, then they should be old enough to vote for those trying to have a seat in any form of American government. Rejection…

I have never ever voted in my life and as a non-US citizen, I am not allowed to vote. Due to this situation, voting becomes uninteresting to me. In addition, none of my parents are into politics hence, there is no role model that guide us, me and my siblings, for the importance of it. I’m not saying that my parents do not care about politics, and how the government works here in the US, but since we are all non-US citizen they do not see the urge to make politics and voting a big deal. It 's not…

As Winston Churchill once said, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” The world seems to have embraced this idea, making democracy, at least for now, the most ideal form of government possible. Some regions of the world embrace this more than others. For example, there are no democracies in the Arab world. There are many different reasons as to why this may be, religion, culture, etc. However I believe that the main reasons that the Arab world are not democratic…