The
first amendment is the belief that you have a certain set of freedoms, speech,
religion, press, etc. “Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies
solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his
faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions
only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of
the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make
no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church &
State. Adhering to this expression of the supreme will of the nation in behalf
of the rights of conscience, I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress
of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights,
convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.” Every United States Citizen has a certain set of god given rights, these rights cannot be infringed by the government without committing treason to ones own country.
This amendment basically gives an
individual the right to express themselves in the way they choose without being
discriminated against for it.
The Second Amendment and
probably my personal favorite, gives an individual the right to bear arms and
assemble a militia. Assembling a militia
can literally be used to overthrow a corrupt government similar to our
own. This amendment also gives
individuals the right to own guns and display them openly being perfectly within the law.