Equality is the highest valued virtue in the world today. The reason as to why countries have systems of law and governance is because some elements in those countries may try to exploit others. As such, efforts are made to curtail any people who may feel that they are more human than others. As su...
Equality is the highest valued virtue in the world today. The reason as to why
countries have systems of law and governance is because some elements in those
countries may try to exploit others. As such, efforts are made to curtail any people
who may feel that they are more human than others. As such, an ideal society can be
defined as a society where the rule of law is upheld to the maximum. This is whereby
everyone has equal access to social amenities and various resources of the state. Also,
in such a society it is paramount that the members of such a community have a good
system of governance. This method should not be partisan to anybody in the nation
despite their financial power or influence among people in the society. An ideal
society should also have systems which do not allow a little p[eople to have supreme
authority over the rest of the population. For instance, in most democratic
governments in the world, power is shared among three arms of the govern,meant
which are the Legislature, Judiciary, and the Executive. This makes it hard for one of
the arms to make any unlawful step which may cause oppression to the people.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson propagated the idea that all human beings were equal and had
equal rights which were granted by their maker. He was a famous politician of the
United States. Thomas Jefferson began his career being a lawyer since he had been
admitted to the bar in his home county Virginia where he had been born and raised
up. Apparently, The politician went ahead to become the congressman o0f Virginia
and later the governor of the same region. He also became the Secretary of state for
the United states and then the president of the United States. He made various
contributions to the creation of an ideal society in the United states through the
, declaration of Independence where he was on the steering committee that came up
with the document. The politician can be remembered for three of the most significant
contributions to the US throughout his political career. The first one of those
contributions is that he led to the construction of the Virginia University. Secondly,
Thomas Jefferson also declared religious independence in the stater Virginia. Lastly,
His most Significant contribution was the drafting of the Declaration of
Independence. This document was meant to serve as a warning to the British
government against treating the US as a colony. Instead, the British JKingdsom wads
supposed to address the country as fully fledged states with the ability to respond
with, military action if provoked.
The dec; declaration of Independence (DOI) begins by dec; clearing the rights of
a human being., It states that according to the eyes of the creator all human beings are
equal. As such, they deserve fair treatment and are endowed with rights that are
unwithdrawable by any party of p[eople or person. The DOI also goes ahead to state
that power lies within the people that it is possible for the people to topple a
government on some bases. One basis could be the inability of a government to
protect those rights that are endowed to a human being or even the violation of those
rights. The declaration of independence goes ahead to declare the various violation
carried out by the British government on the people of the US. Thomas Jefferson
begins by laying out the characteristics of an ideal society and continues to describe
the manner In which the British govern=nmenet had violated those rights. To start
with, King George had violated the US peoples rights by continually dissolving
houses of representatives due to the mere fact that they did not side with his various
violations of Human rights. The British government had also maintained a direct
influence on the judges. As discussed in the introduction, any ideal society ought to
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