Week 2 Blog (August 24th-28th)

I want you to read each of these quotes and write a response to one or two of them.  I want you to focus on how each of these quotes pertains to democracy and our government.  You can compare and contrast two quotes (your response to each would be shorter) or you can just write about one.  These will be due Friday at the beginning of class.
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1. Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind...War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.  - John F. Kennedy 
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2. No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.  - Abraham Lincoln 
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3. Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.  - Richard Nixon 
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4. People ask the difference between a leader and a [political] boss. . . . The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.  - Teddy Roosevelt
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5. Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. - Woodrow Wilson 
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6. No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.  The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.  - Franklin Roosevelt 

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This week, we are shooting for 200 words.  A little shorter, but you have a project to worry about come Friday.  I highly recommend getting this done in class by Tuesday.  Some of you may have work to do at home for your project.