Democratic Values and Leadership By A New Generation‚ SIPA Commencement Address 2011 “DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND LEADERSHIP BY A NEW GENERATION” SIPA Commencement Address by H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan Columbia University‚ New York‚ May 14th 2011 Thank you‚ Dean Coatsworth‚ for your kind words of introduction. President Bollinger‚ distinguished faculty‚ proud parents‚ loving friends and‚ most importantly‚ the graduates of the class of 2011‚ good afternoon. I am honored to be a part of such a joyous
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James Madison‚ who was devoted to the principles of a republic and liberty‚ wrote Federalist Paper No.10. The first argument that the author rises is about the inseparability of faction and liberty. He suggests that the government should not be concentrated on trying to prevent the causes of faction‚ but just control its effects. He states that to remove the causes that provoke the development of factions you either destroy the liberty which is essential for political life (“liberty is to
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Nepal Nepal‚ officially Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a landlocked Himalayan country located in South Asia between tow boulders China and India. It has eight of the world’s 14 tallest mountains‚ including the top of the world‚ Mount Everest. The country seems a dot in the globe‚ however‚ an altitude is ranging 60 m. to 8848 m. above the sea level between 129 km. distance. Sixty-five percent people rely on agriculture. Nepali is an official language in the multi-linguistic‚ multi-religious
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Identify the several varieties of liberalism discussed in the chapter on liberalism and the historical circumstances in which they emerged. There are several varieties of liberalism that are discussed in the text of “Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal” by Terence Ball and Richard Dagger. Some of these varieties are neoclassical liberals‚ welfare liberals‚ and libertarian anarchists. The first variation of liberalism discussed is neoclassical liberals‚ who believe the need to limit government
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health for the society. In short‚ “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure." Alexander Hamilton a Constitutional elite of the time‚ had the following to say‚ “Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good? Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.” With views similar to this one the founding fathers empowered the federal
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The author of the Bill of Rights is President James Madison‚in despite of the fact that when he wrote the Bill of Rights in 1789 he wasn’t president yet.James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights in 1789 because he wanted better constitutional protection for individual liberties.James Madison thought that the passing of the Bill of Rights in the House was entirely unnecessary and referred to it as the "nauseous project of amendments."Also‚when James Madison rose to his feet on June 8‚1789 and put forward
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In the Federalist paper No. 51‚ James Madison argues that‚ “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” Madison wanted a system of government where the powers would be divided. He just did not want a majority to choose policy. For this reason he divided Congress into the House of Representatives and the Senate to help separate the power. Madison as well as his fellow Framers felt that the non-wealthy majority would tyrannize the wealthy minority if given political power. He feared that the majority
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The Importance of a Jury in our Democratic System As Americans‚ we are given the right to a jury trial‚ one of the most important freedoms that out judicial system has to offer us. A jury consists of anywhere between 6 and 12 registered voters who determine whether a person is guilty or innocent in the act of crime that they are being accused of. Not only do they possess this power in a trial‚ but they may also judge the laws themselves and whether or not is perhaps unconstitutional‚ unfair‚ or
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How useful is the term ‘early modern’ to describe the period c.1500-c.1789? In tackling this question it should first be asserted that these dates are commonly known to be the end of the Middles Ages (1500) and the beginning of the French Revolution (1789.) To determine whether this period characterises the term ‘early modern’‚ it must be more substantial than a set of dates‚ factors of a imperial‚ cultural‚ religious‚ political and economic nature must be investigated. This will discern if
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Many people are often wondering what their government is up to. When the topics of politics and economics come up in conversation‚ most people always think about what the differences between democratic and republican values or how capitalism affects a society. Especially before elections‚ many people face numerous interviews and campaigns to support a candidate running for office or bill in the legislature. Other times the conversation drifts to the challenging questions to answer‚ often leaving
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