Freedom of speech in the United States

Robert Kennedy use his position power words to pursued people as he state it, “Hand in hand with freedom of speech and goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men’s lives.” (BrainyQuotes, 2017) First, I will discuss three things that connect President Abraham Lincoln and Baptist Minister Mr. Luther M. King Jr. between the President Lincoln’s addressee in his second term inauguration and Dr. King’s letter while he was Birmingham jail. Secondly, how the…

famous “I have a Dream” speech, at the Lincoln Memorial on 28 August 1963 in order to call for an end of racism in the United States. In his speech Martin Luther King Jr. attempted to convince the majority white United States government to give African Americans equal rights through the use of biblical and historical allusions, alliterations, and imagery. King starts his speech by mentioning “Five score years ago”. This allusion refers to the Gettysburg Address, a speech by Abraham Lincoln, the…

Strategies of the U.S. and the Eastern German people protesting resulted in a Germany with more freedom and peace. The U.S. used careful methods of peace and negotiation which established capitalism to unite Germany. The Eastern people who protested gained traction as people began to believe “we could be free!”. After World War II Germany was vulnerable and up for grabs. The Soviet Union jumped at the chance to claim the land with a communist flag. They approached and settled in the east,…

ruling, the Court found Gitlow guilt of criminal anarchy. He was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment by the state of New York. Justice Edward Sanford delivered the majority opinion, while Justice Oliver Holmes and Justice Louis Brandeis dissented in this case. There were three important precedent cases used in the ruling of this case. The first case Mugler v Kansa (1887), declared that States are the primary judges when dealing with regulations, required in the interest of public safety and…

What It Means To Be An American An American is not only being a citizen in United States, but also, it means being united, patriotic, and welcoming. People in America are diverse, share the same dreams, and share the same voice. In the speech “Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty” by Franklin Roosevelt, he stated, “The realization that we are all bound together by hope of a common future rather than by reverence for a common past has helped us to build…

our individual civil liberties and rights as citizens of the United States. The United States is known as a free country, where we have the liberty to our own personal freedom, an orderly government, as well as equality for everyone. However, above all else, freedom should prevail because without it, our civil liberties as citizens would be limited against the government and there would be no equality when each individual has no freedom. Civil liberties are protections against government…

constructing shelters that would never be used, and militaries fortified for a war that would never shed blood. Constant tension hung in the air for countries all over the world facing the fears of communism and nuclear war. The United States was built upon the principles of freedom, the nation’s fate depends upon the decisions of three Presidents. As the looming threat of Communism spread throughout the world three U.S presidents had plans to stop a troubled world from falling red. While…

The United States is the Land of Opportunities. There are approximately 196 countries in the world. The total population adds up to an estimating seven billion people who live on seven different continents, there are many cultures with great diversity in religion, education, government and economic systems. Although I had the opportunity to spend some time in three different countries I believe the United States of America is the land of opportunities. The United States has always been a home…

Overtime In the United States, freedom of speech is a right inscribed in the laws which govern and protect the land. Meaning we, as citizens, are entitled to what would be considered a privilege in many other countries. It is this right, however, which has prompted the violence and divide seen in college campuses. Not the unification much anticipated. Freedom of speech has been made the villain, it seems, standing in the way of the Leftists at Berkeley. Protest groups and their need for “closed…

history for their meaningful calls to freedom. Martin Luther King Jr. produced a 17 minute long speech on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in which he called for an end to discrimination and the need for racial equality. In the sermon, King attentively discusses how, “one…