Freedom to speak, freedom to choose, freedom to worship, freedom to do just about anything you want within the law. America’s law was designed to protect and preserve these freedoms. The reason the United States of America came to exist was because the colonists fled Great Britain to get back the freedoms that were taken away from them by the Monarchy.
The pact the Founding Fathers made with citizens to guarantee their freedom forever was the Constitution, whose first ten Amendments are called The Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights assures the basic freedoms of life: the right to life, liberty, and prosperity. In countries where monarchies and dictatorships rule, there is little, if any, freedom to speak of.
Citizens of these countries are persecuted or even killed if they attempt to exercise any of the basic freedoms. In these countries, there is no free speech, no right to choose government, no right to express religion, and no right to own property. To regain these basic rights of life, citizens risk their lives and the lives of their families to escape the supreme rule of their homeland and enjoy life in the United States without having to look over their shoulders at every turn. In America, these rights are second nature and often taken for granted. In a country where a person is innocent until proven guilty, freedoms are sometimes abused.
This is where the right to a speedy trial comes in. A person accused of a crime has the right to a trial in court and to be judged by a jury of their peers. In a country where owning property and gathering wealth are basic rights, America has many of the wealthiest and most successful people in the world. This wealth is not taken from the people, as is the case in a dictatorship. In a country where choosing government is a basic right, America has the most successful form of democracy ever known.
In a dictatorship or monarchy, there is no choice of government, and people are persecuted for voicing any opinions that are not favorable to the government. In the United States, if one is not happy with the present choice of an elected official, it is their right to vote that person out of office in the next election. America has more different religious sects than anywhere else in the world, making it a country where it is a basic right to practice the religion of your choice. These are just some of the many reasons why America is the greatest country in the world.
If there is a better place to live, no one has created it yet.
