Freedom should be demanded instead of given. Freedom should be demanded because citizens would not be grateful or take it seriously. Another reason(,) because people will not treasure it as much. Also(,) citizens will not realize that it means so much from what our ancestors did. Freedom should be given for many reasons. Citizens would not be grateful or take is seriously. Citizens would not be grateful. They would not realize how hard our ancestors worked to get our freedom. We would not feel the need to work hard in everything we do. As said in “ The March on washington” it states “ it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long nights of our captivity”. This quote tells us something our ancestors had to go through in order to get our freedom. Freedom should be demanded because people will not treasure it as much. Ways people will not treasure our freedom is they would feel that they would have no reason to work hard. Another reason is that they would feel like a slong as they have their freedom they would not have to put forth the effort. As said in the story “Nobody Turn Me Around” it says “ In what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation”. This quote shows what our ancestors had to do for our freedom. …show more content…
We would not be free or be able to do some of the things whites do if our ancestors did not fight for our freedom. Back then our ancestors were known to be slaves as of today we are not slaves because our ancestors faught. This shows the freedom was not just given to us we had to fight for it. As stated in “ I Have A Dream” Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech on how our freedom was meant to be. Though as critics argue if freedom was given life would be much more peaceful. In my opinion, Freedom should be demanded for many
The United States was not truly a “land of the free” during the period from colonial times to the Civil War. During this time, the United States was not in a good place concerning freedom. Slavery was a big and debated issue, the Dred Scott Decision caused much controversy, and made many people question their country’s freedom, and the American Revolution took place between the colonial times and the Civil War. These three huge events in history made people during that time question their independence, and it is still a widely wondered question today. Freedom will always be debated widely among the people of America, but it is obvious that the United States was not free during this time.
Freedom is a human right. When deprived of human rights, life has less meaning. People risk everything to be free. Across history, an incredible number of people have been deprived of freedom. Most of those people have risked something to get it back, and sometimes that thing is their life.
Looking back, it is astonishing to see how much people yearned for freedom. The people wanted freedom so much to the point where they were willing to turn their backs on their lives and start from
Freedom comes at a cost, and so some say it is not free, but what really is free in this world. Too many people today expect free things, but liberty, the right to bear arms and the right to come and go as you please do come at a cost.
I would like to begin by asking the same question James A. Garfield had asked in 1865, “What is freedom”, is it a bare privilege of not being
Freedom should be demanded, because not everyone listens when you ask for something, if anything people would laugh at these people who want freedom and not take them seriously when they do ask for freedom. If people take a stand and demand what they really want and show they want it and fight for it there would be people standing up with that one person too, then there would be an uprising on how people need freedom and demand it even more. A great example would be the the day Martin Luther King Jr. took a stand and said his word on how there needs to be freedom and how it must be demanded in order for us to get it, the day the pastor took a stand and demanded freedom for his people (blacks) and as he kept saying his word and talking about freedom for the blacks more and more people agreed with him and took a stand. It is a great example of how freedom should be demanded and not given.
America loves the idea of liberty; throughout history, liberty has been “given” through the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War, even the American Revolution. In, Give Me Liberty! Eric Foner focuses on the major issue and theme is the idea of liberty and freedom. However it was only granted to the whites. Liberty was not given, and our country was based off of harsh treatment and oppression. African Americans were forced to slavery and Native Americans were forced to give up their land along with their “savage” ways of life. Eric Foner focuses on the main issue of liberty, which is never given.
Freedom is anyone’s opportunity to make decisions. Therefore, freedom should be demanded. Nothing you ask for is just distributed to you. Freedom was not voluntarily given up to people. You have to endeavor everything in life.You, yourself, may not have worked for freedom, but someone did. Everything came about with a price, whether it was small or large. Freedom is something that should be demanded because there is a struggle for everything you want in life.
The ability to be free made this country into the melting pot it is today and that ability still brings many immigrants who believe in the “American Dream” to the country. Today freedom is often overlooked because all of us are use to it, but in many countries freedom is just the “American Dream”.
As you can see freedom can be very different to many people cultures and even nations because for one thing being free might just be over looked as playing it safe by something as major as America wanting independence. America did not know its full potential until we had a war and decided that we would no longer be ruled and realized how much greater we were than the so called Great Brittan. Just to soon become a super power nation Who struck fear on even its original creators who could no longer hold us down, after all this s the lad of life Liberty and Pursuit of happiness.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s said a quote “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the Oppressed”, tells us that Freedom is never given to anyone if is not demanded, as humans we would never be free from anyone trying to take our rights away if we don't speak out and demand our rights, history has show us that freedom is not free we have to earn it and fight for it, many countries are oppressed by their governments, because they have never demanded or fight for their freedoms. Perfect example what the Bill of Rights does for us today, this 10 amendments to the constitution, protects us from becoming oppressed without the ability to demand freedom, if government would decide to take away freedoms, like the freedom
Freedom has been demanded since 1886 and still demanded in 2015.So freedom should not be demanded because it is dangerous and it’s a long term fight.
Taking away liberty would destroy the democratic system, it is unrealistic to expect everyone to agree on every interest and idea, it is just part of the nature of man to disagree, and people’s opinions will always be biased against some specific group.
Many people think that freedom is just given to everyone. There are some countries where people have freedom, but it has not always been like that for them. The rest of the many other countries they still do not have freedom. When citizens see that they are not getting freedom many have to step up and everyone must fight together for it. Freedom is never given, it must be demanded because many people still are not free in their country, many wars are fought by citizens to gain freedom, and people of other races, ethnicity, gender, or religion are often not given the same rights as other people.
What is freedom? Freedom is a lot of things. Freedom is equality within people. Freedom is not keeping one certain set of people or group separated or segregated from another. Freedom is having your rights that you deserve. Two people that have stood up for freedom are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela. They both fought for freedom within their homes and their countries, trying to make a difference and showing people around the world to help them or show them that they can do the same. In America, Dr. King fought for civil rights, equality, and no segregation in the country.