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What Does Freedom Mean To Me Essay

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A. Freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. B. Absence of subjection to foreign domination or despotic government.
C. The state of not being imprisoned.
D. The state of not being physically unrestricted and able to move easily.

In the United States, we are all free to walk, talk, and we have the freedom of religion. To me freedom means to be able to go to school. Girls in Pakistan are not allowed to go to school or to walk down the road without their father walk with them. I truly hope that the people over there get their freedom back. I am truly grateful for my freedom.

People should respect soldiers that lost their lives and the veterans that fought for our freedom, and our rights. They are over at other countries today fighting for our freedom and being killed, and injured. What is more sad to me is that some veterans that fought for us are living on the streets and in homeless shelters. I know there is something we can do for them and their families. …show more content…

One of his many jobs was to deliver food, blankets, and equipment to soldiers overseas by airplanes. Thankfully, he was never injured, but he was recently deployed from the Air Force. Even though he is retired, I still thank him for my freedom as an American citizen. “Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought. Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith, let us; to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it” Abraham Lincoln. In this essay I have learned much more about freedom than I thought I knew. So in conclusion, I am really grateful for my

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