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Did they succeed? Either way, what were the ramifications for American society?
I will discuss the belief that America was founded on the principals of law. These laws
were created to control those that created them. Albeit most of the Founding Fathers
thought that individuals given the chance to liberty and freedom will naturally protect
those people that would naturally be taken advantage of. It is my belief that the idealic
notions of the founding fathers of our nation sought to create a society in which the
common man could rise through anyone of various institutions and structures.
Government was necessary for an orderly distribution of resources and protection. Hobbes
warned without government, “life would basically be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and
short--a constant struggle to survive against the evil of others.” (7, O’Connor)
And in examining the Revolutionary war and the creating of our Constitution we must
look to the factions that characterized the issues this new young country faced. There is
debate on whether the Federalist that
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I will agree that it is law that allows a sense of conformity a form or structure that all else
can build on. Some
might add the media as a source of political power. “Democracy was no solution to the problem; democracy was the
problem. ” (43, Sanford)
This notion that its the people and not the laws directly that allowed this nation at-least
economically and in a standard of living sort of way has become a great one. more Americans than ever before were off in pursuit of prosperity and
happiness. The Federalist
wanted the rule of law to protect each other from grasping the power reigns and running
with them. But when people describe the movement in terms other than
palpable weaknesses of central government--interms of a crisis in the society--we become
puzzled and skeptical. “Madison had to agree to bad laws to avoid getting worse ones. This may explain
the apathy in American Democracy, not that the people feel they can’t make a difference,
or that the politicians don’t listen, its because the citizens feel secure in their well being
and that their liberties are not being eroded.
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