‘We the people… in order to form a more perfect union…’

There have been statements made throughout the history of the United States of America that have served in defining a nation bound together by certain beliefs, ideals, that forged a pathway, a blueprint for what it means to be free, and united in such cause. We Americans speak of freedom as equal to liberty – that is, a right or privilege — and held to account by the very nature of a republic, in action. A republic, ‘of the people, by the people and for the people.’ But does being free allow us the liberty to act as something other than a unified nation with a common set of intentions, principles, objectives – standards even? …

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