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| | Freedom (political) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In jurisprudence, freedom is the right to autonomously determine one's own actions; generally it is granted in those fields in which the subject has no obligations to fulfill or laws to obey, according to the interpretation that the hypothetical natural unlimited freedom is limited by the law for some matters. | | | Political freedom is the right, or the capacity, of self-determination as an expression of the individual will. | | | Most democratic societies are characterised by various freedoms which are afforded the legal protection of the state. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_(political)
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| | Excerpts from Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962 |
| | The citizen of the United States who is compelled by law to devote something like io per cent of his income to the purchase of a particular kind of retirement contract, administered by the government, is being deprived of a corresponding part of his personal freedom. | | | The basic requisite is the maintenance of law and order to prevent physical coercion of one individual by another and to enforce contracts voluntarily entered into, thus giving substance to "private". | | | A citizen of the United States who under the laws of various states is not free to follow the occupation of his own choosing unless he can get a license for it, is likewise being deprived of an essential part of his freedom. |
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http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ipe/friedman.htm
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| | Freedom On A Leash |
| | No one else can grant you freedom, they can only grant you an amount of leash (an amount of limitation), for in the act of 'granting' they are assuming control, and you are assuming an obedient role. | | | At first, freedom must be cultivated internally, by realizing that rights granted by an authority are not freedoms. | | | You probably realize that my statement isn't granting you freedom, which in fact you already possess, it's just saying I am abdicating the _right_ granted to me to have you attacked if you make use of this text without permission. |
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http://www.hevanet.com/kort/LEASH1.HTM
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| | Positive & Negative Liberties in Three Dimensions |
| | It is no more than the legal and political practice of ages, of course, that law givers and rulers should see both the personal and economic doings of citizens as proper matters of public concern and actions. | | | How "welfare rights," which empower political society, have gotten confused with civil rights, which defined civil society and limited political society, may be seen in The Corruption of Civil Rights and Civil Law. | | | Hobbes, however, was an absolutist who honored nothing in the way of "positive" political liberties and who saw the sphere of civil society and negative freedom as granted and allowed entirely at the discretion of the monarch. |
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http://www.friesian.com/quiz.htm
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| | Robert Jensen: The American Political Paradox: More Freedom, Less Democracy |
| | Since Nearing was fired and hauled into court, legal protections for freedom of expression have expanded and the culture's commitment to free speech has become more entrenched, which is all to the good. | | | That may seem odd, given that in formal terms the United States of 1919 was in many ways a much less democratic nation -- not only was free speech not guaranteed but the majority of the population (women and most non-white citizens) were denied the right to vote. | | | There was no guarantee of public use of public space (such as streets or parks) for expression, and criticism of the government was routinely punished. |
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http://www.counterpunch.org/jensen1012.html
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| | FREEDOM MINIMIZES POLITICAL VIOLENCE |
| | Just consider the acceptance and application of the Constitution of the United States and Congressional rules in settling in 1999 that most serious of political conflicts, whether President Clinton would be fired from office. | | | Power is this case is more dispersed, and some freedoms do exist. | | | After all, a democratic government is not some monolith, a uniform pyramid of power. |
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http://www.mega.nu:8080/ampp/rummel/wf.chap5.htm
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| | The Smith Center: Milton Friedman's lecture |
| | Capitalism and Freedom (1962) set forth the case for market liberalism at a time when almost everyone accepted the premises of the welfare and regulatorystate as beyond reproach. | | | Free to Choose (1980), was the best selling nonfiction book in the United States for the year 1980, and it was translated into most major languages. | | | I ask you, what is our problem in the United States today? |
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http://www.sbe.csuhayward.edu/~sbesc/frlect.html
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| | Force of Freedom: Bush's Political Theology |
| | Yet one could very well argue that the God who “moves and chooses as He wills” has in fact moved and chosen the United States to be the agent of liberation in our world today. | | | Again, I see the President making the kind of religiously generic statement that Presidents of the United States often make. | | | Yet he steps back from saying clearly that God has specifically appointed the United States to this task: |
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http://www.markdroberts.com/htmfiles/resources/bushtheology.htm
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| | Neo's Freedom... Whoa! |
| | Freedom was an issue for the others as well. | | | The term freedom is used in many contexts, and there is no reason to assume that there is a single meaning of the term. | | | It is quite natural to assume, as many philosophers do, that a person acts with freedom of the will only if there are alternative courses of action available to her at the time at which she acts. |
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http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_cmp/new_phil_mckenna.html
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| | Philosophy, et cetera: The New Freedom |
| | In any case, Laissez faire is not enough; sometimes positive action needs to be taken to maximize freedom. | | | For example, The Enlightenment Project proposes that Democrats frame themselves as the 'freedom' party: | | | It reflects an old-fashioned, deferential view of political power in which there is a great divide between the governed and the government. |
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http://pixnaps.blogspot.com/2004/11/new-freedom.html
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| | Philosophy, Computers, and Bad Writing - Political Freedom |
| | If I am a task force who have a license to kill people who run from me, make sure that I am chasing the right people. | | | 03:33:31 pm, Categories: Political Freedom, The Fair Tax, 123 words | | | 09:55:54 am, Categories: Struggle with Terror, Political Freedom, 136 words |
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http://www.hundiejo.com/index.php?cat=34
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| | The Citizen Legislature and Political Freedom Act |
| | Requires political parties to distinguish between federal and non-federal funds; requires each state party to file with the FEC a copy of the same disclosure form as filed with the state | | | Repeals limits on how much individuals and political action committees may contribute to candidates or parties; repeals limits on how much parties can contribute to candidates | | | The Citizen Legislature and Political Freedom Act is needed because: |
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http://www.house.gov/doolittle/campfin.htm
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| | Debate Politics Forums - Powered by vBulletin |
| | This may also encompass government involvement from grants, signed law, as well as future global interests. | | | This forum is to discuss the death penalty including all government laws or bills that may apply. | | | This forum is to debate political views and opinions about abortion, paternel, and maternal rights. |
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http://www.debatepolitics.com
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| | Trading Tyranny for Freedom: How Open Markets Till the Soil for Democracy Restraints |
| | Those that are closed are nine times more likely to completely suppress civil and political freedoms as those that are open. | | | Increased trade and economic integration promote civil and political freedoms directly by opening a society to new technology, communications, and democratic ideas. | | | The powerful connection between economic openness and political and civil freedom provides yet another argument for pursuing an expansion of global trade. |
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http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/pas/tpa-026es.html
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| | Crumb Trail: Which Freedom? |
| | In every case the definitions of the words need to be documented. | | | Perry de Havilland discusses freedom from a minarchist classical liberal perspective, a useful exercise since he is touchy about freedom and has given it thought. | | | Rather, the argument is that economic freedoms tend to lead before long to political freedoms, while the reverse causation is slower and less certain. |
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http://www.crumbtrail.org/mt/archives/001029.html
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| | Victor A. Canto on Political and Economic Freedom and the Flat Tax on NRO Financial |
| | You may have heard of the global flat-tax movement. | | | Political and economic freedom must coexist if peace and prosperity are the goals. | | | For example, the Baltic states, which have led the flat-tax movement (while also adopting some sort of price rule or fixed exchange rate), are all doing quite well both economically and politically. |
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http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_canto/canto200503040858.asp
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| | Moonage Political Webdream: Freedom From Consequences |
| | Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Freedom From Consequences: | | | Gambling addiction may have something in common with certain brain impairments. | | | The differiences in political philosophy will boil down the issue of consequences. |
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http://moonagewebdream.blogs.com/moonage_political_webream/2005/02/freedom_from_co.html
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| | 1st SPOT FREEDOM, Liberty, Privacy, Rights, Libertarianism, Drug Policy |
| | All Pages are Copyright 1998-2005 1st SPOT Email: 1st SPOT webmaster | | | Dedicated to the power of Liberty and Freedom Forever, with the freedom to choose, individual and equal rights, and the right to self-determination. | | | For people who are exploring libertarianism, whether they are long-time libertarians or investigating this political philosophy for the first time. |
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http://1st-spot.net/topic_freedom.html
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| | Freedom Party International: What's New |
| | Fp is dedicated to organizing political parties in political jurisdictions around the globe. | | | All political parties associated with Fp share Fp's founding principle: that every individual, in the peaceful pursuit of personal fulfilment, has an absolute right to his or her own life, liberty, and property. | | | Freedom Party International ("Fp") believes that the purpose of government is to protect every individual's fundamental freedoms, not to restrict them. |
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http://www.freedomparty.org
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| | Welcome to Freedom House |
| | Freedom House Statement on the Passing of Sandra Feldman | | | October 16, 2005 -The constitution voted on yesterday in Iraq may well constitute an obstacle to securing human rights and individual liberties should it be approved, Freedom House said today. | | | Over the course of four decades, Penn played a vital role in the struggle for freedom, both in the United States and in those parts of the world where dictatorship and repression hold sway. |
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http://www.freedomhouse.org
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| | Freedom of political speech Petition |
| | This was a deliberate and premeditaded act of political vandalism by the state and is not acceptable. | | | The Freedom of political speech Petition to The Home Secretary was created by and written by Francis Playfair (whitestorm@freebyzantium.com). | | | The government of Britain is there to act as servents to the will of the people, our will is made very clear to you by this statement. |
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http://www.petitiononline.com/LFP/petition.html
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| | Democratic Peace: Political Freedom Vs. Economic Freedom and Wealth |
| | MoveOff.WS addresses international political and social issues that directly or indirectly effect the United States. | | | For all nations 1997 to 1998, the human security of their people, their human and economic development, the violence in their lives, and the political instability of their institutions, is theoretically and empirically dependent on their freedom--their civil rights and political liberties, rule of law, and the accountability of their government. | | | One is an annual map of freedom for 2004, another is a list of countries with their ranking on civil liberties and political rights or 2005, and a third is a Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal index of a country’s economic freedom for 2005. |
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http://freedomspeace.blogspot.com/2005/03/political-freedom-vs-economic-freedom.html
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| | INSIGHT on Freedom: Political Correctness... Part Three |
| | The price of freedom is more than they are willing to pay. | | | They are no longer willing to pay the price to live in a nation free of tyranny. | | | They will accept slavery and go quietly into the night in the chains they have forged themselves on the anvil of Political Correctness. |
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http://csadispatch.blogspot.com/2005/01/political-correctness-part-three_07.html
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| | Cuba activists urge freedom of political prisoners |
| | Moderate opposition and rights groups estimate there are about 380 political prisoners in Cuba -- a figure generally accepted by foreign governments. | | | Libertad!" and emotional testimony from relatives of political prisoners. | | | Monday's meeting, attended by foreign correspondents and unauthorized "independent" journalists working outside state media, was a rare act of open defiance by Cuban dissidents. |
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http://www.nocastro.com/archives/ayuno3.htm
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| | Harvard Gazette: Freedom squelches terrorist violence |
| | Like those with much political freedom, nations at the other extreme - with tightly controlled autocratic governments - also experienced low levels of terrorism. | | | Associate Professor of Public Policy Alberto Abadie examined data on terrorism and variables such as wealth, political freedom, geography, and ethnic fractionalization for nations that have been targets of terrorist attacks. | | | Abadie, whose work was published in the Kennedy School's Faculty Research Working Paper Series, included both acts of international and domestic terrorism in his analysis. |
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http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/11.04/05-terror.html
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| | Jefferson - Enlightenment: Political Freedom |
| | Neither aiming at originality of principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular or previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind, and to give to that expression the proper tone and spirit called for by the occasion. | | | It is the "tone and spirit" of Jefferson's writing that make the Declaration of Independence something more than a statement of political principles. | | | To see this, compare Jefferson's words to those of another Virginian, George Mason, whose "Declaration of Rights" was adopted by the Virginia assembly on June 12, 1776, while Jefferson was still working on his first draft. |
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http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/enlight/politi.htm
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| | Freedom's Nest Political Quotes Search |
| | pacifism paternalism patriotism police policies political parties political power political science politicians politics presidents private property prohibition property property rights public sector | | | The subjects below are included as being more or less political in nature. | | | Also visit our vast collection of books of freedom and individual liberty. |
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http://www.freedomsnest.com/politics.html
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| | Freedom Books: Online Bookstore Personal, Economic and Political Freedom |
| | With global technological, social and political changes constantly impacting our daily lives, it is our mission to bring you books which will enlighten and educate you on freedom issues -- personal freedom, economic freedom and political freedom. | | | Specializing in Books on Personal, Economic and Political Freedom | | | Freedom Books: Online Bookstore Personal, Economic and Political Freedom |
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http://freedombooks.com
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| | CNN.com - House cafeterias change names for 'french' fries and 'french' toast - Mar. 12, 2003 |
| | The name changes were spearheaded by two Republican lawmakers who held a news conference Tuesday to make the name changes official on the menus. | | | "As I've watched these men and women wave good-bye to their loved ones, I am reminded of the deep love they have for the freedom of this nation and their desire to fight for the freedom of those who are oppressed overseas. | | | Watching France's self -serving politics of passive aggression in this effort has discouraged me more than I can say." |
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sprj.irq.fries
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| | Political Freedom - George G. Brenkert - Mobipocket eBooks |
| | This book provides a broad survey of the existing views on political freedom, from conservative to radical. | | | Brenkert identifies their weaknesses and presents his own alternative contribution to the debate. | | | Political Freedom - George G. Brenkert - Mobipocket eBooks |
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http://www.ebookmall.com/ebook/93267-ebook.htm
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