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Apr 18, 2024 · Borah’s distrust of government centralization limited his commitment to social reform, but he did sponsor bills establishing the Department of Labor as well as the federal Children’s Bureau. He also strongly supported the federal income tax and fought the trusts.
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Jun 27, 2018 · United States senator William Edgar Borah (1865-1940) was influential in developing American foreign policy, particularly by his isolationist attitudes in the 1930s and his opposition to aid to France and Great Britain as World War II approached.
Oct 19, 2023 · The Greeks are often credited with pioneering a democratic government that went on to influence the structure of the United States. Read this article that describes how elements of ancient Greek democracy heavily influenced the figures that designed the United States government.
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When John Hobbes imagined what life would be like without government, he concluded it would be "nasty, brutish, and short." He envisioned individuals constantly vying with each other for their own self-interest and attacking others in pursuit of those interests. From this pessimistic view comes a foundation of American government rooted in Hobbes: ...
When the Declaration of Independence was written, it specified that "all men are created equal, and endowed... with certain unalienable rights." While this idea also comes from the philosopher John Locke, Thomas Hobbes contributed significantly to the idea of natural liberties as well. Significantly, Hobbes believed that all subjects of a governmen...
Hobbes' governmentless world did have one advantage: All people were inherently equal. In fact, their equality of capability was partly what made life so terrible, because no single person was ever able to rise above anyone else. Hobbes thought equality needed to be protected, and U.S. government has evolved to more firmly embrace the concept of eq...
Hobbes believed that the tendency towards self-preservation was a natural instinct and should be a cornerstone of governing principles. In American government, the principle was first stated in the Declaration of Independence as the fact that all men are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. While this statement also has Lockean ...
Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison, and others took the brave steps of creating a government based on the Enlightenment values of liberty, equality, and a new form of justice.
Defence did a great deal to solidify bilateralism as a staple of American politics. Today, of all the states, only Nebraska has a unicameral legislature, a testament to Adams’s influence.
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Probe's Kerby Anderson looks at the Christian influence on our American governmental institutions: our Christian roots, the importance of Christian character, and the influence of the Protestant Reformation.
