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What Does Freedom Mean To You Essay

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Abraham Lincoln said, “Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought, we dare to do our duty as we understand it.” Freedom is the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint according to the dictionary. Freedom means the soldiers fighting in wars to have our states remain free. Freedom means to have rights. Freedom means that I can freely say my opinions. A symbol of freedom is the Statue of Liberty.

The first type of freedom I am going to talk about is the soldiers fighting in war for us to remain free. The United States soldiers are a very important part of freedom to me. The soldiers give their lives to keep us free. The U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Marines are all part of our protection.

The next type of freedom I will talk about is to have rights and liberty in our government. We help make our laws, and the right to do what we want to do. The laws we want to make we send to our state capital. If they think the law or laws are good enough or think they …show more content…

We get to vote for our presidents,our governor, our mayor, and many other people. We also get to vote where to put new building, if we should take down buildings, and to choose what laws we should have and not have.

A symbol of freedom is the Statue of Liberty. She holds a torch and tablet upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence. Liberty Island is federal property within the territory of the state of New York, even though it is closer to New Jersey. The statues full name is “Liberty Enlightening the World.” The statue was to be a symbol of welcome for all immigrants coming to America, as well as a universal symbol of freedom.

In this essay I have talked about three forms and one symbol of freedom. The three forms of freedom are the soldiers, the rights and liberty, to state my opinions freely. The symbol is the Statue of Liberty. Thank you

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