Essay On Do Americans Value Freedom

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Americans want to be able to make our own decisions with no problems right? We don’t want people interfering with things we choose to do. What do Americans value? They value peace. With this, there are 3 fundamentals: freedom, equality, and safety. Americans live in a country where people value peace upon one another to feel united in a good way. Currently, there are things going on in our society that are make us better as a whole. From the past to present, Americans value freedom more than anything. Without freedom, America wouldn’t be America. In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln believed this by saying “That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this Nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, …show more content…

Obama said in the democratic convention speech, “We don’t fear the future; we shape it, embrace it, as our people, stronger together than we are on our own. Us Americans should be united and it’s all about what we do together through the tough and frustrating times, but it’ll all be worth it in the end. With the presidential debate going on right now, Obama feels that it takes the right person to fight the current problems of the United States, so that we can have a better future. Obama said “We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer our homeland more secure and world more peaceful. He is trying to explain the fact that every race should be treated the same no matter the circumstance. For example, with the Alton Sterling case that recently happened he was told to step out of a vehicle, he wasn’t carrying a dangerous weapon and he was shot on the spot for no reason! If this was a Caucasian person this wouldn’t have never happened. Because of this unacceptable behavior there has been a movement called “Black Lives Matter”, that is trying to stand up for the rights of African Americans. Right now, there are even Caucasians who support the movement and they don’t understand what officers are

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