Professor Nolan
English 1A
25 March 2017
Systems of Government Thomas Jefferson and Hannah Arendt had different and similar perspectives on the way a government should govern its people. They both agreed that people should be free of tyranny. In both of their views, people were being controlled by people who would only cause harm and fear. Jefferson stated in the Declaration of Independence “A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People” (121). Jefferson thought the king was unfit to rule the people because the king did not consider the people’s rights as an importance and that made him a tyrant. Jefferson and Arendt both viewed a government with people’s rights, freedom, and degradation. Jefferson and Arendt also had different views on such as slavery, suffrage, and equality. Jefferson and Arendt did not differ on their ideas of people’s freedoms and rights. They both agreed that keeping people oblivious on the …show more content…
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