What is America?

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This paper examines what America looks like to an outsider, and what it means to people from different countries of the world as a state, as a people, and as a geographic region. It considers liberty, equality and democracy from the perspective of immigrants and of other countries of the world. The country is also considered in light of the views of Plato, Voltaire, Bismarck and Marx.

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"Although the origins of the country has its roots in the European colonization of the Americas beginning in the 16th century, the ideals of the United States of America are wedded to the Declaration of Independence in which the founding fathers of the country have committed the nation to the concept of equality, democracy, and liberty. These are the principles from which all subsequent U.S. politics, forms of government, economic policies, and social trends have taken their lead. While incorporating these ideas in the declaration of independence and, later, the U.S. constitution the founding fathers of America were greatly influenced by the 17th century English philosopher, John Locke and his theories on politics. Locke's ideas of the supreme sovereignty of the people, their natural right of changing a government that does not work in their interest, separation of the church from the state, and rule of the majority are reflected in the American Declaration of Independence."

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