Analyze The Causes Of Tyranny

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The United States Constitution was completed on September 17, 1787 after months of conflicting views, heated debates and clashing ideas finally yielding to compromise and thoughtful reconsiderations. (supreme.findlaw.com) This Constitution is the backbone of America’s modern world and defines our lives today. The Constitution is especially helpful in preventing tyranny in the government. It does this by dividing power between the central and state governments, dividing the branches of government, using checks and balances, and having equal representation for all states. The government divides power between the central and state government to guard against tyranny. This is also known as a compound government, or federalism. The two separate governments monitor each other, as to make sure each does not become corrupt, thus leading to tyranny. The central government can do many things, such as regulate trade, conduct foreign relations, declare war, and provide an army or …show more content…
(document B) This further thwarts tyranny from our government and everyday lives. James Madison said “(t)he accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may be justly pronounced the very definition of tyranny…. (L)iberty requires that the three great departments of power should be separate and distinct.” (document B) By having three separate departments, it's harder for people to gain absolute power, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The different branches could have different viewpoints to make sure that almost everyone is pleased with the government. This ensures that the government is of the people, by the people, and for the people, as President Abraham Lincoln once said. It will be much harder to overthrow because there are three sections, not just

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