"The Rights, Responsibilities, and Privileges of A United States Citizen"

Essay by RHSLilSweetie07Junior High, 9th gradeA+, March 2004

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We, as United States citizens, have many responsibilities, privileges, and rights. With rights and privileges come responsibilities. Freedom is one of our most important privileges, but in order to have freedom, we must accept the responsibilities of being United States citizens. We also have privileges such as freedom and the right to hold any government job or public office. Citizens have many rights such as freedom of speech, religion, and press. We also have the very important right to vote. It is very important for United States citizens to exercise and practice the responsibilities, privileges, and rights that come along with being a citizen.

United States citizens have many responsibilities. Among those responsibilities are: to be fully responsible for our own actions and for the consequences of those actions; to respect the rights and beliefs of others; to give sympathy, understanding, and help to others; to do our best to meet our own and our families' needs; to respect and obey the laws; to respect the property of others, both private and public.

We also must share with others our appreciation of the benefits and obligations of freedom, participate constructively in the nation's political life (vote), help freedom survive by assuming personal responsibility for its defense, and respect the rights and to meet the responsibilities on which our liberty rests and our democracy depends. Serving on a jury and respecting the different opinions, cultures, ethnic groups, and religions found in the United States are also responsibilities for United States citizens.

United States citizens have many privileges. Freedom is the most valuable privilege. Freedom is very important to many citizens in the United States of America. Citizens also have the privilege of holding any public office or the right to hold government jobs. U.S. citizens can also live...