IAC Midterm PT 3 - quotations or key phrases

“No man is wiser than Socrates”

Plato, Apology

Socrates questions people who claim to be wise

Plato, Apology

The opinions of the many are not as important as the opinions of those who understand what is right

Plato, Crito

One should never intentionally do wrong

Plato, Crito

The laws argue that escaping would break the argrement Socrates has with the city

Plato, Crito

The virtue of a good citizen is not always the same as the virtue of a good person

Aristotle, Politics

Government should serve the common good

Aristotle, Politics

Aristocracy is a correct form of government

Aristotle, Politics

“Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”

Hobbes, Leviathan

“Competition, diffidence, and glory”

Hobbes, Leviathan

People need a common power to keep them in order

Hobbes, Leviathan

People are naturally free and queal

Locke, Second Treatise

Everyone has a right to enforce the law of nature

Locke, Second Treatise

Life, liberty, and property

Locke, Second Treatise

The state of nature lacks a known, settled law, an impartial judge, and reliable enforcement

Locke, Second Treatise

the state of nature is not always a state of war

Locke, Second Treatise

“Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness”

Declaration of Independence

“To secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men”

Declaration of Independence

“Consent of the governed”

Declaration of Independence

“The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God”

Declaration of Independence

“Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor”

Declaration of Independence

“We the people”

U.S. Constitution

“To form a more perfect Union”

U.S. Constitution

“congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”

first amendment

“The right of the people to keep and bear arms”

second amedment

“The enumeration in the constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”

ninth amendment

“the powers not delegated to the united states… are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people”

tenth amendment

Government needs both stability and energy while preserving liberty

Madison, Federalist No. 37

Liberty requires power to come from the people, but government also needs stability

Madison, Federalist No 37

A republic derives its powers directly or indirectly from the people

Madison, Federalist No. 39

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands… may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny”

Madison, Federalist No. 47

The three departments of power should be seperate and distinct

Madison, Federalist No. 47

“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition”

Madison, Federalist No. 51

“If men were angels no government would be necessary”

Madison, Federalist No. 51

The government must be able to control the governed and control itself.

Madison, Federalist No. 51

“The violence of faction”

Madison, Federalist No. 10

A faction is a group of citizens united by interests that may conflict witht eh rights of others or the community’s lasting interests

Madison, Federalist No. 10

A large republic helps control the effects of factions.

Madison, Federalist No. 10

A constitution establishing the structure and powers of Tennessee’s state government

Tennessee Constitution

State officials must swear to support the constitution

Tennessee Constitution

National unity is a major support of independence, safety, and prosperity, and liberty

Washington, “Farewell Address”

Americans should value their shared national identity over local divisions

Washington, “Farewell Address”

Permanent hatred or passionate attachment toward other nations can lead a country astray

Washington, “Farewell Address”

Americans should observe good faith and justice toward all nations and cultivate peace

Washington, “Farewell Address”