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| "where liberty is, there is my country" |
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| Where liberty is not, there is my country |
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| "As a nation of free men, we must live through all time, or die by suicide" |
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| Public Education IS democracy |
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| Legitimate use of force within specific geographic boundaries to control human behavior |
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| "I would not give half a penny to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual" |
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| "government never furthered any enterprise |
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1. Law and Order
2. Protect against foreign enemies
3. Promote the "common good"
4. Enforce the "Soc |
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A. Maintain order and protect liberty
B. Promote equality
C. Provide Public goods |
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| what are the latin roots of democracy? |
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Demos=People
Kratia=Power or rule |
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| "The political activity the pervades the United States must be seen in order to be understood. No sooner do you set foot on American ground than you are stunned by a kind of Tumult" |
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| Alexis de tocqueville (1833) |
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| "As I would not be a slave, so i would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent there is a difference, is no democracy" |
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| "Those who would sacrifice liberty for a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security" |
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1. Liberty vs. Equality
2. Liberty vs. Democracy
3. Liberty vs. Security |
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| "Democracy is the worst political system, except for all the others" |
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| "I do not know what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" |
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| Fundamental orders of connecticut |
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| Who had the idea of Social Contract theory? |
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| What were the key principles: |
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| 1. State are sovereign.2. One state, one vote in Congress. 3. States retain power to tax. 4. Unanimous consent to change in Aricles. 5. Power to regulate commerce reserved to states. |
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| Key Problems of Confederation: |
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1. No national policy or foreign policy
2. No coordination of domestic policy (Shays's rebellion) 1786 |
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| "Little rebellion now and then is a good thing. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government. God forbid that we should ever be twenty years without such rebellion" |
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| Key problems of confederation (part 2) |
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3. Large states oppress small ones
4. Some states "cheat."
5. Congres had no means to enforce its own laws |
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| "A nation without government...is an awful sepctacle" |
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1. Human nature and natural rights
2. limited human wisdom 3 Property 4 republic, not a democracy 5 federalism 6 separation of powers 7 the people, not the states are sovereign |
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| "Liberty is equally exposed to danger whether the government has too much or too little power" |
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| Compromises in the constitution |
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1. Representation (Virginia and New Jersey plan led to great compromise (Connecticut plan))
2. electoral college 3. slavery/3/5 compromise
(added later) 4. Bill of rights |
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| 1. Control "Faction" 2. Control or limit ambition 3. separation of powers 4. federalism and representation |
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| Anti Federalist criticism of the Constitution (1787-1789) |
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| 1. States not "the people." 2. Too much federal power (especially president) 3: No bill of rights 4. US too big to be a republic |
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| Modern Criticism of the Constitution: |
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| 1. Class 2. Old fashioned 3. "Gridlock" 4. Too hard to change (2/3 of congress and 3/4) |
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| Key points in the constituion: |
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1.Supremacy clause (article VI) 2. Elastic clause (article I, section 8) 3: "commerece clause" (McColloch v. Maryland (1819) 4: Judicial review Key case: Marbury v. Madison (1803)
5. bill of rights |
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| "Constituions should be short and vague" |
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| "If me were angels, no government would be necessary" |
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| "Soverign immunity" (Barron V. Baltimore (1833)) |
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| Bill of rights only applied to federal govt. |
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