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    Freedom or Security

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    who sacrifices freedom for security is neither free‚ nor secure. If you really think about it‚ this quote makes you think “are we really safe in this country?” All the attacks we have witness or suffered‚ have we reached the point where we should sacrifice our FREEDOM? With the patriot act‚ torturing‚ drones flying around‚ and just having our civil liberties taken away it seems like our freedom is already gone just so we can have “security.” You shouldn’t have to sacrifice your freedom for anything

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    Freedom In The Giver

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    the society gives up all of their freedoms for peace and safety. They draw the line with a tiny sliver of freedom left which is choosing where to volunteer. The Founders of the Community of the community made it this way because in the world before the community was there was pain‚ suffering‚ and death. The Founders of the Community made the community this way so that everyone in the community could live happy peaceful life. The line that is drawn between freedom and safety and that is the correct

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    Liberalism and Freedom

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    Liberalism and Freedom Liberalism is a force that has produced change from the birth of this nation to the politics of today. Liberal tenets have been a basis of thought and action in American politics since well before the signing of the Constitution. Certainly‚ liberalism has had to transform in order to remain a legitimate force throughout the years. When considering this transformation‚ one may ask whether or not the ideas and goals of classical liberalism have been lost in the conversion

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    Freedom Writers

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    Freedom Writers SYNOPSIS FREEDOM WRITERS - 2nd March 2007 (Cert 12A) (Paramount) Starring: Hilary Swank‚ Scott Glenn‚ Imelda Staunton‚ Patrick Dempsey‚ Mario Directed By: Richard LaGravenese Freedom Writers is inspired by real teenagers and the diaries that they wrote after the LA riots. Two-time Academy Award®-winner Hilary Swank stars as Erin Gruwell‚ whose passion to become a teacher is soon challenged by a group of Black‚ Latino and Asian gang members who hate her even more than each other

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    The freedom to live

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    The freedom to live Gandhi once said‚ "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind’‚ very much truth can be found in this statement. Is it really moral to give the same punishment to someone that we are punishing them for? The death penalty is a very touchy subject to most for a good reason‚ in my eyes the death penalty is injustice. For reasons such as money‚ religion‚ the principal of knowing right from wrong as well as the wrongly accused‚ and the prolonging suffering of the victims’‚ families

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    freedom of religion

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    that to compel transcends constitutional limits and invades protection against official control and religious freedom. The respondents relied on the precedence of Gerona et al v. Secretary of Education. Gerona doctrine provides that we are a system of separation of thechurch and state and the flag is devoid of religious significance and it doesn’t involve any religious ceremony. The freedom of religious belief guaranteed by the Constitution does not mean exception from non-discriminatory laws like

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    Freedom of Speech

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    establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Many portions of the Bill of Rights have origins going back to the Magna Charta or descend from time-honored English traditions. This is not so with the First Amendment. Freedom of speech‚ press‚ religion and assembly was pioneered on American soil. Our colonial forefathers

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    Freedom Of Choice

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    those shoes because he feel that you’re making the wrong choice. Women do do not like being forced into a choice that they can make themselves. Freedom of Choice‚ this has been a major issue in the USA. The argument is if a woman should have a choice to have an abortion or if the government should make the choice for her its. A woman should have the freedom of choice on if she wants to be pregnant or not. If the government start making these choices for women then illegal abortions will be performed

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    Freedom of Change

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    Freedom of Change It ’s 2013. Women ’s suffrage has been obtained‚ legal racial segregation has come to an end‚ and labor laws now protect a person ’s livelihood in the workforce. Women‚ non-white citizens‚ and most workers in America‚ have worked very hard to fight for those freedoms and rights. Yet as a country‚ we cannot decide if people of the same sex should be given marriage rights. So will gay couples be given the right of marriage in the years to come? Will their fight for change‚ have

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    20‚ 1999. Eric Harris‚ who was the mastermind behind the massacre‚ and Dylan Klebold‚ who contributed only because he was searching for a way to end his life‚ had been planning to place bombs in the school and shoot anyone who survived for almost over a year and a half. Before Eric and Dylan entered Columbine on April 20‚ Eric and Dylan had been arrested for breaking an entering‚ and Eric had the police called on him and had threats on his website filed. In between all this chaos‚ Eric and Dylan

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