The process by which Americans deal with change did not begin this year. That debate began with the Greeks, continued through the early teaching of the Roman Church, was influenced by Magna Carta, and by leading thinkers of the Enlightenment such as Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. The question concerned the correct link between those who governed and the governed. 5-page paper citing two specific recent U.S. campaigns for Federal office or for Governor in which the theme of one campaign reflected one side, and the theme of the second campaign reflected the opposing side, of the following thought by Katherine Anne Porter. Love must be learned again and again, there is no end to it.
Hate needs no instruction, but only waits to be provoked.
In each campaign cite the candidate, year, election, theme, and outcome. The American ethic continued. The 19 th century to the 1960s, DeTocqueville's observations. The American ethic continued. Defining liberalism versus conservatism on various scales.