The document discusses the influences on American government from Confucianism, Western Enlightenment thinkers, and ancient Greece. It notes that Confucianism emphasized filial piety and treating all people equally. Greek philosophy influenced ideas of democracy and republics where people can vote. Key Western thinkers mentioned who further developed these concepts included John Locke on equality, Jean-Jacques Rousseau on social contracts, Montesquieu favoring separated powers, and Voltaire championing freedom of speech.