Greetings my fellow students and all who are involved in this assembly. We are here today to share our thoughts and opinions on what having Human Rights really means to us. I hope you will hear me out and find my ideas and words both informative and inspiring.
Very early on in this country's life, around the 1700's, our Founding Fathers wanted more for the 'American' people. While we had officially separated from England to eventually become our own nation, the people became involved and wanted a voice for their own personal, new and free lives. Thanks to the Constitution, signed in 1787, we then had a new working government known as federalism. With this new upcoming government came new documents, such as the Federalist Papers, which would in time prove to be extremely important to the people. The Federalist Papers are a collection of numbered essays and articles that all promote the ratification of the Constitution for numerous reasons. These papers are said to have the best and highest standards for the people and their rights as well as providing the principles of a stable successful constitutional government.
One country that is very similar to my own in multiple ways is Canada. America and Canada are close neighbors therefore allowing room for adopting positive and negative aspecs from each other and keeping track of what it's currently like there. We are not totally the same but have the same ideas I think. Their government is not communist, for example, therefore they have opinions, rights, and expectations for themselves. They want to be successful and want to make something of their homeland, like we do. They have pride in who they are and where they come from and want what we want, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
I'm sad to say that there are, however, some less fortunate countries than America and Canada, countries that do not believe in giving their people rights at all. China is a communist country where every single detail is controlled by the government and the government alone. This is an extreme form of power and with it, the government can stay in control for as long as it can. The people running it don't want the people to be free at all, but to live a life where you re told what to wear, how many children you can and can't have, and what god you can serve ( along with many many other things.) I think that China's people are not really living a full and happy life, but then again it's all they know. Those people are told what information they can learn and not learn and what they can and can't be taught; sheltered and mistreated are two words that sum up I see it. If one day China were to EVER even consider a more federalist approach to life, the Federalist papers would ensure the rights of the people first and foremost, then the government, which would work as a team and be complete equals.
In closing, I would like to quote one of my favorite phrases from the Federalist papers; one I think that really sums up just how lucky we are to be where we are an Americans. "Equal laws protecting equal rights...the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country." --James Madison. This quote justifies my saying that we are lucky to be Americans and should always remember that and where we came from. Many are not as fortunate as us, so it is even more important that we remember just what the Federalist papers made happen for us and what they still do for our nation.
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