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Demonstration Demonstration is the act of asking rights by people in civil and pacify way, in demonstrations people come to the street so as to oblige government and the responsible sides to listen to them and replay. Sometimes the block streets, sometimes they go to the parliament establishment. This issue gets many reactions according to…

I have chosen Maxine Waters as a leader that I not only found with great leadership abilities but also a very morally sound person with many common-sense leadership skills and beliefs. Congresswoman Maxine Waters has been considered by many to be one if not the most powerful women within American politics today. She has gained…

Democracy without education is meaningless. It is education and enlightenment that lifts a nation to the heights of progress and greatness. Unfortunately, the situation as it obtains in India in respect of education is not only distressing but disgraceful and deplor? able. At present about 60% of the people in India are illiterate; they cannot…

The purpose of this essay is to discuss the roles of political parties in a democracy. Before going any further, the discussion will start with an introduction where key terminologies making the question will be defined, secondly a discussion on roles played by political parties in a democracy with the aid of examples and lastly…

In the time of 1825-1850, United States officials and activists sought to expand the democratic ideals in which the country was founded. Activists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton as well as many other women pushed for the right to vote, stating that both men and women were created equal, and women should be given the…

A crucial period in American history was in the 1820’s. Due to the War of 1812, the Federalist Party had disappeared by the election in the year, 1820. Due to the failing of the Federalist Party, the country only had one party remaining, for a brief time in history which was the Democratic Republicans. We…

The two major political parties in early America were the Federalist and Democratic Republican parties. The Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, emphasized the importance of a strong central government for the country’s progress. In contrast, Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic Republicans aimed to empower ordinary citizens in governance. While both parties had noble goals for the future…

The Three Foundations of an Enlightened Society One of the major themes that comes up throughout John Dewey’s classic book on the philosophy of education is that the survival of an alive and vibrant democracy depends upon the educational development of its people. As Abraham Lincoln called it in his Gettysburg speech, democracy is a…

Were the founding fathers democratic reformers? In reference to John P. Roche’s “The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action,” the founding fathers were nothing other than doing what was best for the people and the country. Thus, making them democratic reformers. On an apposing side, Howard Zinn’s written document “A People’s History of the…

To act with entire honesty and self-respect, one should always live in a pure atmosphere, and the atmosphere of politics is impure. -Senator Silas Ratcliffe, Democracy In his own lifetime, Henry Adams was famous first for being the grandson of John Quincy Adams, thus the great grandson of John Adams; second for his epic History…