On Liberty

As a Christian, one of my core values is to spread the gospel as we see in Matthew with the great commission. I believe that Liberty University will help strengthen my relationship with Christ while also providing me with an exceptional education. Receiving an education opens up many doors in which one can share the gospel. This is what makes Liberty unique. At Liberty, you receive all the opportunities a world-class university offers but you receive it from a Christian worldview. I believe that…

Liberty is simply freedom. “The shortest definition I know is, liberty is freedom. It is, however, as important to know what it does not mean as it is to know what it does mean.” (Stewar) I cannot think of a better way to define liberty. Some may experience liberty in their personal lives because of many reasons. It is the right to speak one’s mind, voice opinions, and to decide who is going to lead a nation and that in itself is liberty. An example of liberty is a slave finally becoming free…

for the common man. Down throughout American history, great wars have been fought, and millions have died to protect these freedoms that we all cherish so greatly. It is the great sacrifice made by the brave men and women who gave their lives for liberty that is generally credited for America’s preservation of its freedoms. Yet, the American Dream is not freedom itself, but a great number of other aspects within life granted by freedom. The status of the American dream is simply…

The prosecution team in this trial worked to convince and persuade the judges to declare the Sons of Liberty at fault for their rebellious actions during the Boston Tea Party and proclaim them guilty of treason. With this goal in mind, they focused specifically on the colonists’ relationship to Great Britain. Furthermore, the prosecution specifically exploited from the declaration of the colonist’s betrayal and disregard for their own mother country, while claiming that the actions taken broke…

As a freemason he befriended Doctor Joseph Warren who contributed greatly to Revere becoming a patriot. Revere became a member of the Sons of Liberty soon after it formed in 1765. Using his skills as an engraver Revere made many pieces of propaganda. His two most famous engravings are British ships landing at Boston and the famous cartoon of the Boston Massacre. Becoming a major part of the…

Andrew Lampman HIST 202A-03 MW 0800-0930 An American Discourse to Liberty Americans often remember the battle cry of Patrick Henry “Give me liberty,” though many forget that with the liberation of America in the 1770s from British control many remained in bondage in this nation. The American Revolution revealed the hypocrisy of liberty, as the colonies fought for independence, and yet enslavement remained an integral part of the new nation. Liberation was the idea that men had certain…

Changing of Liberty and Freedom The idea of liberty and freedom has changed throughout the centuries, originally the thought of having liberty was defined as “the right and power to believe, act, and express oneself as one chooses, of being free from restriction, and having the freedom of choice. It is the condition of having the power to act and speak without restraints” (“Difference Between Liberty and Freedom”). While freedom can be described as “...a momentum concept and deals with…

boy wearing a bicorne and a droopy blue jacket. This appears to have difficulty recovering his footing due to the cobblestones. At the midpoint of Liberty Leading the People, Delacroix places an allegory of Liberty personified by a young female wearing a Phrygian cap and a yellow dress that is slipping from her shoulders and revealing her breasts. Liberty raises the tricolor, French national flag with her right arm and holds a bayoneted musket in her left hand, as she vigorously strides forward…

Puritans came to America to search for liberty. Puritans were trying to seek for the right to worship and govern themselves in the Christian manner. In 1645, Governor John Winthrop made a famous speech for the concept of freedom for the Puritans to the Massachusetts legislature. John Winthrop pointed out two different liberties, which were “natural liberty” and “moral liberty”. He had addressed that natural liberty is what man as he wants to, and moral liberty is what as a citizen we will do…

freedoms are the liberties of our country. They are the framework that we live by in our everyday lives. Each time we talk freely in public or utilize the right to keep things private we are using our liberties intrusted to us by the Bill of Rights. Putting into consideration how much we rely on these liberties it is each of our duty to protect them. However, how can we protect something so large and important? Learning about our government is a great way to protect the liberties of our country…