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The five freedoms it protects: speech, religion, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government. Together, these five guaranteed freedoms make the people of the United States of America the freest in the world. ... If you're in the U.S., you have freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition.
Collecting taxes. Is the answer.
To show off their power, military might, "rightful" place in the world (at the top).