“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved. __W. J. Bryan ___Speech, 1899 What are the people of the United States really fighting for? What are we willing to give to protect the United States of America much like Patrick Henry so many years ago? What do freedom and liberty mean to the people? Patrick Henry refers to liberty and freedom in his speech to the Virginia Convention of 1775. Patrick Henry refers to the people with the meaning that destiny is not a choice but a must. Destiny has to be achieved not waited for. Henry shows