The Importance Of Freedom Of Speech In The United States

Have you ever been told you cannot say what you want? No, because we have the freedom of speech as citizens of the United States. The Bill of Rights was sent to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789. The rights were finally ratified by the states on December 15, 1791. The Bill of Rights was written in Virginia, and was written by George Mason, but James Madison strongly influenced it. In the Bill of Rights, the First Amendment is the most important because of freedom of speech, religion, and press. Freedom of speech means to express any opinions or feelings without restraint. As American citizens, this means we can say whatever we want whenever we want. Tim Wu said, freedom if speech is,” a beautiful idea,” (Tim Wu, 2013). This quote means that we can say what we want, and it is beautiful and we are so lucky we can say what we want. Our government wanted us to be able to say what we want because we have self government. A king cannot tell us what to say or how to say things. Freedom of speech is very
Our government is trying its very hardest to keep us safe and happy citizens. They are always trying new things to make sure we are safe and get to use our rights for our own protection. Our government would never try to hurt us. We want freedom, and that is what our government is giving us. Our government makes sure we have jobs and do a large amount of things, just to make sure we are thriving and surviving. They are always on the move for us getting us what we need from other countries by trading, and much, much more. We are so lucky that our government has not taken away those rights, and made us suffer. We really need to make sure are looking up at our government. When you weigh all the evidence, you conclude that our government is doing a great job at protecting us and letting us use our rights to our