Thomas Hobbes : Leviathan

The life of a man would be solitary, poor, nasty brutish and short.

Notes on Virginia: saw blacks as inferiorDeclaration of Independence 1776: All men are created equalLetter: We have the wolf by its ears, we can neither hold him ,

nor let him go . 1820

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist Papers Essay #9 :

a firm Union will be of the utmost moment to the peace and liberty of the States as a barrier against domestic faction and insurrection."

Percy Shelley, MASQUE OF ANARCHY

Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number, Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you Ye are many — they are few"

MOLLY MAGUIRES

JOHN HENRY

KOREAN WAR AND CONTAINMENT:Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat

it. George Santayana

VIETNAM

FEB 13, 2003 ANTIWAR PROTEST

THE RIGHT TO LIFE

Howard Zinn

• A People’s History of the United States 1980

• A revisionist approach

• Looks at history from the perspective of ordinary people trying to get a fair share, a piece of the action, the American Dream.

• Lots of People are excluded from the Vox Populi.