National Question #3 Alexander Hamilton stated‚ “It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.” A democracy‚ also known as a republican government‚ has been implemented in many societies. It grants every
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the former courtesan subjected to a prosecution concerning the legality of her status as an Athenian citizen from the fourth century BC in Athens; and the Roman Hortensia‚ famed for her 42 BC speech in opposition to taxes imposed on female citizens by the Triumvirate. This essay will attempt to present adequate
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How and why did the values of Athenians differ from that of the Spartans? Ancient Greece provided the rudiments of Western civilisation; it has had a colossal influence on language‚ politics‚ educational systems‚ philosophy‚ science‚ and arts. In the following several pages I hope to demonstrate explicitly‚ the bold differences between the two provinces‚ and to suggest the relativity‚ of Ancient Greece conventions‚ to modern times. In doing this I will bring upon wars‚ economic stances‚ and most
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Origins of Democracy Democracy refers to a type of political system in which the people‚ or people they elect to be representatives‚ govern themselves‚ rather than being governed by a dictatorship or monarch. It is supposedly said that the democratic form of government began in Ancient Athens in 508 BC‚ but this form of government may have existed well before the turn of the 5th century. It is logical to assume that democracy‚ no matter how quaint or complex‚ began with the tribes. As having
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doesn’t. Another major difference is that the modern ballad‚ "There You’ll Be" is much longer than the older ballad. There are many words and phrases in S. Foster’s ballad that we don’t usually use in our common literature. For example‚ "many were the blithe birds that warbled them o’er‚" to translate this to the people that don’t speak with these different words; it says‚ "many were the cheerful birds that chirped them over." As you can see so far‚ there are many differences in the way that these
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larger cracks to which sowed the seeds of its later undoing. The Democracy of Athens partly existed based on the toil and sweat of slaves allowing for their owners to have the time to participate in government (Brand‚ n.d‚ p.29). Furthermore‚ Athens empire building via the Delian League provided for whole populations paying into the Athenian system‚ providing wealth and economic growth that aided in lessening the gap in Athens between those at the top and those at the bottom. These actions by Athens
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Porshnique Wade Mr. Fredrick Hickmon American History I October 27‚ 2011 “Difference between Jeffersonian Democracy and Jeffersonian Republicanism” Jeffersonian Democracy‚ named after its leading advocate Thomas Jefferson‚ is a term used to describe one of two dominant political outlooks and movements in the United States from the 1790’s to the 1820s. The term was commonly used to refer to the Democratic-Republican Party which Jefferson founded in opposition to the Federalist Party of Alexander
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different levels of equality throughout its history. A product of the times‚ it is always changing. Both Jeffersonian democracy and Jacksonian democracy were based on the beliefs in the freedom and equal rights of all men. However‚ Jacksonians acted more thoroughly on these ideas. While these two men essentially shared many of the same beliefs and ideas‚ there was a noticeable difference to how they acted on them and spoke out about them. Jeffersonians believed in equality and rule by the educated.
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29 September 2013 What are the Unique Traits of Athenian Democracy? There are several traits that make Athenian democracy unique not only in the ancient world but also in the modern world as well. For the first time in recorded history‚ citizens had a say in what laws were to govern them . Democracy was an unknown and alien concept in the ancient world‚ and Athenians knew that their political process was different in and they were intensely proud of it. “Our form of government does not enter
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Compared to other political forms‚ democratic government is the fairest and just way to govern the citizens within a society. This can be showcased through the differences between fascism‚ and democracy‚ an example being Hitler’s fascist Germany back in 1933‚ compared to modern democracies of today. Democracy advocates and protects all individuals within a society‚ the same cannot be said for fascism societies‚ where elitism and hatred are ingrained within the ideology. Within the Third Reich‚ Hitler
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