Human Freedom
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Human Freedom is an idealistic concept that asserts a basic right of living humans to be that of individual liberty. This notion was largely absent from ancient forms of government (see e.g. kingdoms and oligarchy) up to the time of the American Revolution.
Statesmen like Patrick Henry (of the famous quote: "Give me liberty or give me death") live on through their famously fiery rhetoric as codified in the Constitution of the United States of America which purports to guarantee personal freedoms such as the right to freedom of speech, freedom of or from religion, and a free press. The question of whether or not this is an achievable goal, and of whether the United States has come close to this constitutional claim is open to debate.
