what is your definiton of Freedom of Speech?

As stated in the United States Constitution, Freedom of Speech is a right granted to everyone in the world, unless of course someone abuses the right. When I break down the words of Freedom of Speech, like we did in History class although with our questions, I’d come up with ‘Freedom’ and ‘Speech.’ Freedom basically is the ability to do what we please. In www.dictionary.reference.com, it states and I quote, “The condition of being free of restraints.” It means that we are free to do what we like to do and what we want to do. The word ‘speech’ means the act of speaking. So basically Freedom of Speech means the condition of being free to speak as we wish.  My definition of Freedom of Speech is the right to say what you please but there are limits to this. We can express our selves, ideas, feelings, thoughts as long as we are not threatening, harming, or offending anyone else. “Freedom of Speech is basic to the existence of respect of human dignity.” We can say anything we want to, because it is what we believe in, but there are times when someone doesn’t agree with you. Just because someone doesn’t agree with you or thinks your idea is ridiculous, it is not the end of the world. People have different perspectives of things and some people refuse to believe in anything but their ideas. And this is all okay as long as no one exceeds over the limit by being hurtful or mean. I believe that Freedom of Speech is a very important right (well, all the rights in the Constitution are important). Without the Freedom of Speech, we may not be able to say what we like and we may not be able to put out our opinions for others to hear. If we didn’t say what we wanted to, then we’d be living in a world of lies. Our world would be very un-candid, because we are always ‘posing’ and not saying what are really on our minds.