The Importance Of Freedom In America

Throughout the history of the world, people always rebelled to push what they believed is right so man can have freedom. Some of the historical events that showed a push for more freedom are The Civil Rights Movement, the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. What is freedom? Well freedom in American context is that people from all over the world can have natural rights that were given to them from foundation of the world from Heavenly Father. The people’s natural rights allow them to practice religion and agency any way or form he or she pleases to practice. Before Americans had the freedom practice natural rights, they had to fight to obtain freedom. Long before the Revolutionary War started, there were many events, public figures and beliefs that led the people of thirteen colonies to fight back against Great Britain to create the foundation of the United States. Even though there are many ideas, events and people who helped found America, two historical figures Thomas Paine and George Washington gave fuel for the colonist to rebel against the British. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson fueled the colonist by leading them, motivating them and providing information why the colonist should rebel. Thus the historical figures paved the way for America.

When martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed to the world that he had a dream, people stopped and realized it didn’t have to be just a dream. People didn’t just listen to what this leader had to say, they actually heard him, and they understood him. Society today reflects the hundreds of peaceful, or sometimes not so peaceful, protests held by leaders of our past and present that were heard and understood. Without peaceful protest to laws, segregation may still be in America. Same sex marriage may not be legal. Women may not have as many rights as they do now. Freedom today in America, for example, is different than freedom fifty years ago. Freedom today includes all peoples instead of a select few. Resistance to laws brought this free society farther

Freedom is something that everybody wants, it has been fought for by many countries for many years. When I think about freedom I think of all the things that we have the ability to do that other countries or other societies don’t have. From wing able to voice our opinion to being able to go see a movie like dead pool or other movies like that, which, in many countries seeing it wouldn't even be an option. Freedom is in everything, we live and breathe freedom.

The United States of America was founded on the principles of "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"; all three of these still hold true today, however, "liberty," or freedom, has come to mean something entirely different to most of society. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, freedom is defined as "the power, rooted in reason and will,...to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility" (CCC, 1731). All humans, made in the image and likeness of God, intrinsically possess the ability to make choices. This freedom makes everyone responsible for his or her own choices, whether they be good or bad, and grants the greatest ability of all: the ability to love (Pennock 119). Freedom can be defined in terms of internal freedom or external freedom, with specific attention to what limits, or impedes, freedom. Since freedom is a central element of the American ideology, much of the culture, specifically media, often features concepts relating to it.

Freedom in America can have a lot of different meanings, but during the reconstruction era for the blacks it meant citizenship. Before the reconstruction era the blacks had no rights and were considered as slaves. Freedom to them meant escaping the injustices of slavery. For example, punishment by the lash, the separation of families, denial access to education, and sharing the rights and opportunities of American citizens.

Freedom , an important word in the United States of America. This is the land of the free and the home of the brave, I am proud to be an American. In America we are free, we have the right to speak, there were tragedies and there might be more but you never know unless it happens. Freedom to me means that the government cannot tell you exactly what to do like a collective society, in a collective society the government runs every single thing, they give you the job that you will have for the rest of your life.

Since this country's inception, America has been a haven of freedom for all its citizens. Beginning with the Pilgrims, who came to this new world in an effort to escape persecution for the fundamental aspects of their cultural identity. The Pilgrims show, that these freedoms existed even before this country decided to build its country foundation upon them. The men who founded this great nation, looked back in history as they penned what is now known as the Constitution. This unprecedented union´s law code was not brought to bear based entirely upon newly created principles. Rather, they employed principles from many other historical documents, including the Magna Carta, and George Mason´s 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights.

“Ask not what what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

The most defining characteristic of our country is its youth. In the grand scheme of things, the United States of America is still a child.

"Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery," -Wayne Dyer. Freedom is something everyone deserves but not many people have. The United States of America is one of the few countries in the world that has true freedom. I hope that someday everyone will be able to experience true freedom. To me, true freedom means freedom of religion, free education, and basic civil rights.

The American concept of freedom is a constant source of debate. There is a difference in perspective, in expectation, in allowable expression of said freedoms within the confines of a mutually agreed upon societal contract as defined by legislation. The extremes define boundaries set by anarchy with total freedom and gulag like conditions with no freedom. Following the Civil War, during Reconstruction, the perspective of a share cropper may well have been that there was little to the idea of American freedom. Gender, age, religious affiliation, race, and socio-economic status of an individual has played a role in the freedom that the individual experienced in America. These changes in freedom have had many actors influencing the extent to which freedom has been afforded to some and denied others. Following the Civil War, many changes influenced how American citizens experienced freedom. The changes continue on through the twenty-first century suggesting that the process is ongoing.

Freedom, I know what it means, but I also know it doesn’t apply to me, my village, or my country. I’ve almost forgotten what it feels like not to have people we don’t know in charge of our country or being surrounded by fear.

What is the true meaning of the word, “freedom”? According to Webster’s Dictionary, “freedom is the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action” (Webster). Even though that is the formal definition of freedom, others may their own meaning of the word “freedom”. For some people, freedom is acting as one pleases. And for others, freedom is always feeling joyful. For most, freedom plays a positive role in their life. When people have more freedom, this generally means more rights, choices, and opportunities. In the United States, citizens have the freedom to worship, congregate, speak, and vote. Americans often take these freedoms for granted. Unfortunately, this situation is not the case in other parts of the world. Freedom has many years of history, has many causes and effects, and has its’ own meanings of negation.

I know we are born with freedom, but do we have to keep fighting for our freedom or do we just get it and it stays there.I think we have to keep fighting for our freedom because we have fights, wars, etc. when stuff like that happens we are fighting for our freedom.Let's say korea attacks the US because we have way more freedom than them that's why we have immigrants. They come over here because they don't have as much freedom as we do.

Freedom has several applications, all of which are important, even if they are taken advantage of. A surprisingly large number of countries are poor, their leaders restrict and control the individuals which reside in their domain. In many cases, the citizens lack even basic human rights, such as the right to live. In others, they lack the privileges that we, as Americans, take advantage of. In some cases, American prisoners are freer than the citizens of these countries. This is changing, though. We are beginning to lose the rights which we have been given. An example being net neutrality. Our rights are what make us a free society, separating us from those who are not free, and making us a beacon of hope for those who want the same rights that we have. Our democracy gives us freedom, the right to choose, and the right to pursue our dreams. We need to hold on to these, and not give in to those who wish to take them away.