“Truly free “ objective summary 2part of summary

of grievances.” They established a delicate line between the rights of individuals and the power of the government.
In his 1941 State of the Union address, President Franklin Roosevelt identified four key freedoms as being basic human rights: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Those are not freedoms that one finds in a dictatorship. Nor are they freedoms that we grant to each other without the oversight and protection of government institutions. With the government’s help, and the writing of laws, my freedom from want does not allow me to steal your food, and your freedom of speech does not let you publish lies about me. We are free, but only up to the point at which our freedoms clash.
Is it even possible to be “totally free”? A person living “off the grid,” far away from civilization, might achieve that kind of liberation. Such a person could live as he or she pleased without ever imposing on the freedoms of others.
Most of us, however, live in a community. We are bound by laws that both restrict and protect us. If we live in a dictatorship, we may be more restricted and less protected. If we live in a democracy,
we may be more protected and less restricted. Human history is a balancing act between the desire for individual freedom and the need to protect everyone’s freedoms.
Freedom implies a lack of restraint, but we are all better off if our freedoms are preserved and protected. At the same time, as members of a society, we must be sure that our freedoms do not conflict. “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” are powerful goals, but we must never allow one person’s liberty to impose on another’s happiness.