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    Many immigrants from different parts of the world move to the United States to find the American Dream. They move to find liberty‚ rights‚ opportunity‚ equality. They often look for a life here‚ because their life in their country was not going well for them. Some often move so their children can grow up and obtain a good education and career. For example‚ Adam states‚ “That dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man‚ with opportunity for each according to

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    Life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. Three rights that the United States Declaration of Independence mentions as unalienable rights endowed to them. Many people know these rights‚ many people have heard of them; what many people don’t realize is that the Declaration of Independence says “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

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    The Preamble of the declaration is the most quoted part of the document with its famous phrase “all men are created equal‚ that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Within this line alone‚ the declaration not only becomes a document calling for freedom‚ but also becomes a document that declares individual rights. The Preamble also symbolizes the action of taking Independence‚ teaching us that

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    John Locke‚ famous political philosopher‚ once stated‚ “All mankind… being equal and independent‚ no one ought to harm another in his life‚ health‚ happiness‚ or possessions”. From this one possibly could discover a basis for the three most infamous rights of all history‚ life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness‚ but when Jefferson quilled in these famous declarations of the rights of humans worldwide‚ what precisely did he intend them to say? Jefferson’s Declaration from almost a quarter of a

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    October 29‚ 2012 Occlude Slavery: The Fight for Life‚ Liberty‚ and the Pursuit of Happiness Benjamin Banneker’s letter to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington was emotionally charged in hope to reassure Jefferson and Washington of the tyranny that came through British rule. As the son of a former slave‚ Banneker understands the state of his enslaved brethren‚ and came to write Jefferson in 1791 in hope to convince him to impose the sharing of unalienable privileges. Even though Jefferson had

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    The term “The American Dream” has a few interpretations‚ but one of the most popular is “Life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness” which is the dream that most Americans strive for. In simpler terms‚ The American Dream is the opportunity of the pursuit of freedom‚ opportunity‚ and satisfaction of needs and wants. As Thomas Wolfe said‚ “ ...to every man‚ regardless of his birth‚ his shining‚ golden opportunity ...the right to live‚ to work‚ to be himself‚ and to become whatever thing his manhood

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    Liberty The definition of liberty to me is still best expressed by Thomas Jefferson‚ who once gave us the following definition: “Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within the limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’ because law is often but the tyrant’s will‚ and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.” This definition of liberty was and still is the foundation for us to follow. I would like to expand

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    Is there anything more typical of New York City than the Statue of Liberty? Like so many things in life‚ the monument looks bigger than it is from far away‚ an estimable gatekeeper to the city that never sleeps. People of France gave the Statue of Liberty to the People of United States as a gift and sign of friendship between the two nations. This is what we know about the statue of liberty but did the people of France really give that gift to the people of the U.S.A? That’s what we will try to figure

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    The Sons of Liberty were much like modern day Isis. From burning houses to murder‚ they were the a group of people no one dared to provoke. The famous rebel group took a stand against the British Parliament for what they believed was right. They gave colonists hope in not only their future‚ but also America’s future. The Sons of Liberty are important because they secured America’s future‚ showed their bravery‚ and formed the Continental Congress. The Sons of Liberty organization consisted of only

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    Benjamin Franklin‚ the first minister for the United States‚ a young taught scientist‚ and one of the most important Founding Fathers of our Nation‚ once proclaimed “The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You’ve got to catch it yourself.” Shown in popular literature‚ the American Dream is a national philosophy of the United States‚ a set of principles where freedom takes account of the opportunity for prosperity and accomplishment‚ and tries to commit a rising stasis attained

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