Freedom is what our nation is shaped around. It is the most important basic right we can possess in the United States. And it is the most widely expressed right. Most believe it is our right to be able to do as we please unless it interferes with the rights of others. Franklin D. Roosevelt stated that Americans have four essential freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression; the second is the freedom of every person to worship their God in his or her own way; the third is freedom from want; the fourth is freedom from fear. Franklin D. Roosevelt described freedom as “Freedom means the supremacy of human right”. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines freedom as the quality or state of being free and a political right. Freedom
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John Adams stated, “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” (Message to Massachusetts’ military officers, October 11, 1798) With that said, freedom requires virtue, which requires faith. So, with that said, how important is religious freedom? The free exercise of religion goes beyond Sunday services. It means allowing your beliefs to shape the way you live your life every day of the week. Our founders knew the healthy practice of religion was vital for America to survive, that people practicing their religious convictions was crucial to the success of the fragile experiment in liberty called America. Of course, compared to other countries around the world, there is no doubt we have freedoms other countries do not have. We are free to express our views, religion and political opinions. However, are we really free? In the decade post September 11, 2011, our country has significantly reduced civil liberties in the name
John Adams stated, “We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” (Message to Massachusetts’ military officers, October 11, 1798) With that said, freedom requires virtue, which requires faith. So, with that said, how important is religious freedom? The free exercise of religion goes beyond Sunday services. It means allowing your beliefs to shape the way you live your life every day of the week. Our founders knew the healthy practice of religion was vital for America to survive, that people practicing their religious convictions was crucial to the success of the fragile experiment in liberty called America. Of course, compared to other countries around the world, there is no doubt we have freedoms other countries do not have. We are free to express our views, religion and political opinions. However, are we really free? In the decade post September 11, 2011, our country has significantly reduced civil liberties in the name