Liberty Allows for Ambition
Liberty is one of the greatest gifts we have as Americans. Liberty is freedom. Liberty is independence. John Locke once defined liberty as, " All men naturally in a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of Nature, without asking leave or depending upon the will of any other man." I believe liberty is equated with equality. If we don't all have freedom, we aren't all equal. Therefore, when it says, "All men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence , it refers to liberty too, indirectly saying, "All men deserve liberty." In most countries around the world, people don't have as much freedom as we do here in the United States. My parents, being from a country in the Mediterranean, didn't have very much liberty. I'm thankful for them immigrating here, and giving me and my siblings the opportunities we have today. Here, we ...