In order to decipher what it means to be an American you have to look at the past and what has brought this freedom upon us. ... Another example of demonstrating the freedom we now possess that allows us to truly call ourselves Americans was Martin Luther King Jr. ... Thomas Jefferson once said, "Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. ... Printed in the Pledge of Allegiance it says indivisible with liberty and justice for all. That's what the founding fathers before us foresaw when they won the battle...

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