Liberty

Mill’s liberty principle is “The only end for which people are entitled, individually or collectively, to interfere with the liberty of action of any of their number is self-protection. The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.” (Mill, p. 6) Mill disagreed with most forms of paternalism because the liberty principle and the forms od paternalism would probably cause conflict with each…

Our civil liberties are protected by the Bill of Rights which was created to place restraints on our national government. The Bill of Rights is our first ten amendments in the U.S. Constitution. “…bear in mind that the Bill of Rights, like the rest of the Constitution, is relatively brief. The framers set forth broad guidelines, leaving it up to the courts to interpret these constitutional mandates and apply them to specific situations,” (64). What many did not realize was that the Bill of…

Patrick Henry’s intricate “Liberty of Death” speech was an imperative moment in american history. Patrick Henry, inspired by the taxation and limited freedom, create a speech out of thin air. His speech is more notorious and inspirational, not simply because it was unprepared, but because it represented America’s (somewhat greedy) thirst for freedom. Just like “Liberty of Death,” the inaugural address rendered by John F. Kennedy was formed to persuade the masses about nuclear warfare in their…

Civil Liberties are fundamental individual freedoms that are guaranteed explicitly identified in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. Civil liberties include: Freedom of speech, the right to privacy, the right to be free from unreasonable searches of your home, the right to a fair court trial, the right to marry, and the right to vote. The First Amendment expresses “Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” The prohibition on abridgment of the…

American spirit is one based upon principles of freedom, liberty, and the power of the people. When the founding fathers declared the nation’s independence from Great Britain, they claimed that all men were created equal, and noted that there are a few god-given rights, and that governments, deriving their power from the people governed, existed in order to secure these rights to their people. Over the years, America has been known as the land of liberty, the world’s great sanctuary of freedom.…

Texas. This day especially was one of the best. We got to see the Statue of Liberty on a boat, saw the twin tower memorial and ate the best pizza we ever had. Me and my best friend where able to go to New York for two weeks and we made the best of it. Our time there was unbelievable, that day especially I think it was one of our best days out of those two weeks. That day we started to get ready to go see the Statue of Liberty, we knew it was going to be cold so we layered up. When we were…

1. Marge Piercy, “Barbie Doll” 2. Edna St. Vincent Millay, “What Lips My Lips Have Kissed” 3. Sylvia Plath, “Daddy” The three poems show the dissatisfaction the women get form their lives based on views of men in their lives. Their actions and feelings are based on how the masculine characters in their lives have impacted them. The poems project various feelings of depression, fear, anger and sadness as the different women reflect on their lives. The poem ‘daddy’ shows the narrator’s…

Patriot Pen:What does Freedom Mean What does freedom mean to me? It means lots of things to me but I have two main things of what it means to me. My two reasons for what freedom means to me are, people can say, and act any way they want to without anyone telling them what to do. Number two is people can also get out of hand with freedom. In this essay I will include why I think those reasons are what freedom means to me. In this paragraph I will be sharing one reason to what freedom means to…

From my personal experiences, I have developed the interpretation that freedom is the unencumbered ability to lead a lifestyle that satisfies individual desires and aspirations. I also believe that possessing freedom allows an individual to make decisions to determine their own values as well as to express their perspective with the respect of others. The concept of liberation is for an individual to be relieved of any hindrances that prevents them from attaining freedom. I consider these…

“The Liberty to Feed the Poor” – Published- April 21, 2015 The article “The Liberty to Feed the Poor”, discuss feeding the homeless and how some cities across the United States are handing out citations and arresting citizens who are helping the homeless by feeding them. One citizen in San Antonio, Chef Joan Cheever, received a $2,000 citation for feeding the homeless lacking a permit to pass out free food. A 90 year-old veteran had been arrested in Fort Lauderdale for feeding the homeless in…