The Fear of Freedom

eloquently of a future world founded on the essential human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. (Foner 2014pg842). He used this speech as a rally cry to enter World War 2. (Foner 2014, 757) These four freedoms were meant to establish basic rights for all people in the United states and still today we hold true to these freedoms. (Foner 2014 pg842) Freedom of speech came to coincide with freedom and expression which would be the best defense against

Before every sporting event at Bexley High School the announcer says, “we live in a country with freedoms like no other”. He is right. We do have freedoms that aren’t afforded any other place on earth, but as Americans we often take those freedoms for granted and assume we have them even when we might not. Often times we are being oppressed not by a law, but fear. This control by fear is used both by the government in George Orwell’s 1984 and by modern American media and politicians. To an American

Searching for True Freedom Most individuals might never understand the problems within a form of oppressive government. This can be demonstrated in the state of democracy we inhabit, however (Kyi) speaks about, “Freedom from Fear”, stating that fear of losing power changes attitudes. One of the quotes expressing such thought is,” Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the power corrupts who are subject to it.” Such ideas can be better known as “Pathos” the speaker truly wants

What Freedom Means to me Freedom, a word our country was built on, the definition is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint but for me and my fellow Americans it means so much more. Freedom is present everywhere, the documents that shape our government are a strong example of freedom, freedom is the reason why we can appreciate a considerable amount of rights. Many critical documents in America are immense examples of freedom. The Bill of Rights is

"For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged" is a valuable saying and I totally relate with it. What freedom means to one may not be the same for another and has a personal meaning. Fear is an obstacle to freedom and progress. As clouds need to be blown away to reveal the sunlight, the cloud of fear should be torn apart to feel the warmth of freedom. This quote reminds me of a time when my fear of falling apart

Freedom and liberty are both somewhat irrelevant concepts in Hobbes’s Leviathan. Although he would argue that the type of regime in power has no real effect whatsoever on the freedom of its populace, his focus in writing Leviathan is not to create a form of government that allows its people to be most free. Rather, he intends to create a government which would most fully provide for the safety of those ruled by it. As such, freedom and liberty in the conventional sense do not appear in his text and

have a husband and kids. Her life was stripped away by religion, all she's trying to do is survive and hope. This story shows that control can easily come from fear and living conditions. It shows the importance of freedom and equality. You should not use fear and rights to control and take away freedoms and opinions. It's producing fear through violence, harm,

government to expand freedom even when the majority originally supported slavery. The Anthony Burns Case sparked a movement against slavery and specifically the Fugitive slave law, bringing attention to the government. During discussions throughout class, Mrs.Antonakos described how Fugitive Slave Law greatly impacted all African Americans stating, “They were always in fear that they would be suspected as a fugitive and put into slavery. Many did not leave their homes and hid in fear of becoming enslaved

into a life of slavery. A life where you have no freedoms. A life where you aren’t free to express yourself. A life where every person is suppose to be the same. A life with no ego. A totalitarian society is where a government has complete control over the freedom, will, or thoughts of others. In Anthem The Council controls everything. The Council decides what job you will have, which in the Anthem society determines your life. They decide what freedoms you will be allowed to have, and what is against

of these recurring events instill a strong sense of fear into the American public. If America touts itself as being the “land of the free and the home of the brave,” why do its inhabitants feel powerless and vulnerable? Social critic, H.L. Mencken states that “the average man does not want to be free,” and behind the facade of freedom, “he simply wants to be safe.” Through examples in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, the overbearing weight which fear has on one’s life is extremely evident. In addition