An analysis of Aristotle's chart below will reveal some of the fears that were major concerns in the development of America's attitude toward governments. The Author argues that the forms of government in place in the world carried with them a history of the American one used to build a better instrument of government. Another idea hidden in Aristotle's Paper on Government, and which leads the authors to a more thoughtful conclusion, is that democracy was the only type of government the world had never tried. This became the impetus for the great experiment.https://careerjob2013.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/aristotles-classification-of-government.jpgThe purposes of governments are the mutual security of people and the ability to provide satisfy their needs by working together for the common good. Because without some form of government or the loss of the form of law and order, they would prove to be catalysts of anarchy. This observation links directly to one of Hobbs' claims that a social contract was an agreement not to be killed and to stop killing each other. If there is to be peace, people must give up some freedoms. Locke believed that religious liberties were a fundamental principle of the United States Constitution along with the presumption that it is natural for a person to be free and enjoy liberty. "We hold these truths to be self-evident..." are among the most important words written in the Declaration of Independence, yet; they are not evident, nor are they true. These words have yet truly been said; the reality was that it only applied to white landowners. Thus, one of America's core principles of equality, drawn from its Declaration of Independence, was suspect from the start. Does it... half the paper... or the future. Manifest Destiny demonstrates the strength of its principles by altering a nation's moral compass in how the nation interacted with others known as "they." In seeking answers to why, there is the potential for over-scrutiny, as when seeking reasons for one action or another the answer is often not the expected one. Taking a pause, a self-examination about why you believe in what you do, maybe it can be scary when the answer is, “I don't know.” It's equally likely that it was luck. Fortunately, with more knowledge we can make better decisions that will affect the world, positively or negatively, depending on your point of view. The feelings of these ancient philosophers are easily recognizable as constructs of the American mentality. Works Cited Brain Quotes. Lord Acton Quotes . 2001*2014.