“You can
have anything you want, if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you
want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire
with singleness of purpose.” – Abraham Lincoln
We were
established under the principles of freedom. So when did American government
have the right to make the decision to take another citizen’s life on their own
soil? Government’s authority is killing
us softly by using lethal force against its own citizens. Lethal force should
be limited to circumstances in which the threat to life is concrete, specific,
and imminent. The American Government is violating our Fifth Amendment right
that: ‘No person shall be deprived of life without due process of law;’ while at
the same time violating our First Amendment protections. Government shouldn’t
have the power to assassinate an American citizen. Even in our current criminal
justice system, men and women are given the right to a trial, the right to
appeals, and to follow the Constitution.
Our
forefathers built America through the establishment of the Constitution. The
Constitution asserted that power was inherent among the people, not to provide
a sole power to the President of the United States. Our Constitution is based on the unique
purpose of: creator, people, and lastly, government. It is the people who grant
rights to the government. The Constitution was based on limiting the amount of
powers given to government. Not long ago, in the State of the Union Address, a
promise was made to the people to work with Congress on the drone striking
program. Instead, every attempt has failed. Congress isn’t able to provide
oversight; which means the current administration is acting alone. The many
problems that we face today as a country are a result from a departure from
this basic concept, the concept that our forefathers originally gave us− to
live in a free society. To live in a country that is free from physical harm or
danger. The role of government has been reversed to having a greater power over
individuals. Early generations of Americans pledged their lives to the cause of
individual freedom and limited government and warned repeatedly that eternal
vigilance would be required to preserve our freedom before it’s gone. 