Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, all of which are our God given rights as stated in the "Declaration of Independence" by Thomas Jefferson in 1776. Liberty is my main focus for this essay. Liberty as defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as "the condition of being free from restriction or control, and the right and power to act, believe, or express oneself in a manner of one's own choosing." As Americans we have never quite been truly liberated. The government has always had some sort of laws and regulations to restrict and control us from total liberty.

First of all, my connotation of liberty is very similar to that of the main denotation of the term liberty. It is that everyone, no matter what race or gender you are, is given the right to say, do, live, believe, act, and practice any religion, any way we choose...