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Are the basic principles and ideals that jefferson included in the declaration of independence adequate to ensure a democratic republic? what are those principles? do you think that the seneca falls declaration of sentiments and letter from birmingham jail are necessary to further fulfill the requirements of a representative democracy? would you expand liberties farther? if so, how? so let's start by looking at what are those principles.
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The first is that people have certain inalienable rights.
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Including rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Another one of the principles is that all men are created equal.
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And third, we have that individuals have a civic duty to defend these rights for themselves and others.
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The seneca falls declaration of sentiments is a manifesto that shows the grievances of women and that women are fighting for equality as u .s.
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Citizens to be included in those unalienable rights of liberty, pursuit of happiness, and that they're oppressed by the government, because the line, all men created equal, when taken literally, it's men and therefore non -inclusive, and that's what the issue here is.
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The letter from birmingham, this letter focuses more on justice.
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Civil disobedience, christianity, and also for american justice, that it has to be fought and not just attaining it.
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What is needed to ensure a democratic republic? in order to ensure a democratic republic, we need justice, equality, and solidarity.
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If everyone is not on board, we're not going to have a democratic republic because there's going to be basically infighting, and you're going to have people that aren't agreeing with it if there's not solidarity.
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And solidarity is going to come from equality because if everybody is feeling as though they're being treated as equals, there's not going to be a need to rise up against anything because they will feel included...