Freedom of Speech: A Global Constitutional Right

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter” (Martin Luther King, Jr.). This quote means that everyone should have freedom of speech. I agree with this statement. This is a constitutional principle that we need to change around the world in freedom of speech. Our constitution is based off of freedom of speech. If someone speaks out about something, the chances are that another person around the world feels the same way.
Freedom of speech is an important issue around the world. Everyone from the newspaper companies to the average citizen is involved in this issue all around the world. The newspaper companies print articles with certain views. This wouldn’t be allowed in certain areas of the world. The common,

average citizen would want to express their opinion about different political issues, but they have to refrain from doing so. This issue is important. Where would the world be today, if everyone was not able to say what they wanted to say? Did our Bill of Rights not say that we could have freedom of speech? Our Bill of Rights says the exact opposite. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” (Bill of Rights First Amendment). We should have the right to say anything.
Citizens should have certain freedoms, according to Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. His speech states how people don’t all have equal rights like free speech. He talked mainly about how people who had black skin didn’t have the same rights as people with white skin. They were slaves, and they didn’t have much freedom like the freedom of speech. Martin Luther King Jr. thought this was an important issue. Something he claimed was that a Negro was treated horribly by white citizens (I Have a Dream). The white people treated the black individuals like they were dirty, old chew toys and like they were pampered dogs. Rosa Parks was another person who stood up for the rights for black people. The law was then that if you were a black, then you couldn’t use certain facilities that the whites could. Also, if your skin color was black, and you got a seat on a bus, a white skin colored person could take it from you. Parks refused to let a white skin colored person take her seat (thehenryford.org). She stood for her rights as an individual. That was a form of the first amendment, but her actions spoke for her instead of words.
Individual rights are something that we should always have. This constitutional principle means that we have a right to certain things. Freedom of speech is one of those things. We have the right to peacefully ask the government to change problems that are not right. They can make a new law to help with this dilemma. Everyone has this right in the United States of America, but not each and every person around the world has this right. We are lucky to live in the United States of America where we are entitled to certain rights.
As you can see freedom of speech is a very important issue. Not every person in the world has this right, but those who live in the United States of America do. I believe that every human being in the whole world should have these rights. We should be able to say what we are thinking without the panic that we will be punished by the law and go to jail. Save the jails for people who have done actual crimes and not those who speak out for what is right. Use your freedom of speech. You have it for a reason. Freedom of speech will forever triumph.