Definition Essay: What Freedom Means To Me

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Sanchali Pothuru Creekside Middle School Mrs. Stuck Core Plus Block Three What does Freedom mean to me? “The Declaration of Independence was the promise; the constitution was the fulfillment.” Warren Burger. Trust, belief, and action are the three principles of our freedom. It is not the documents that address us freedom, nor the leaders that fight for our freedom, but the ideas that bring together the true meaning of freedom. Freedom is not a physical article that can be held in one’s hand, but an emotion that can shape one’s life. We look at freedom as a law, but the principles that brought us freedoms encompass its true meaning. Freedom is the trust we give others, the belief in other’s promises, and the action we take to make those beliefs real. Trust is not belief, but hope. This hope can either have an outcome of greatness or an outcome worse than failure. Freedom was an outcome of greatness. Freedom was an idea based on the concept that all men are created equal. America made us these promises about what it meant, and we responded with trust, with our hope. The freedom that was established towards us was not given to us by terms of force, but the promises and the trust we put into America. Our freedom was created off of America’s promises and the trust The people knew that freedom was important, but now was the time we took stand; now was the time we stopped wishing and started demanding. The action towards freedom could have been “The Boston Tea Party” for some, for others “The Declaration of Independence”, but for everyone it meant the first stride towards freedom. The thoughts of freedom had stopped and now the illusion that had once been was real. Freedom was no longer hope or beliefs, it was actions. Everywhere we are actions are being made, some little, some big, but all changing something. In the Revolutionary War this was the idea of

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