I would like to live in freedom. We don't live in freedom. Freedom is a much higher priority for me than safety; for you, and most people, the opposite is true. In short, "people are born to be slaves."
Please define your use of the word "slaves."
I hate when Bush says that our troops are fighting for our freedom in Iraq. More accurately, I'd say that they are fighting for our safety.
The terrorists can only kill us, they cannot take our freedom. Only our own government can take our freedom from us and is also perfectly willing to kill us too if we resist their efforts to make us feel safe. They also do their best to disarm us so that we cannot even defend ourselves in the event of a terrorist (or criminal) attack.
Though it hasn't happened since 9/11, we do need to be alert because terrorists can strike anywhere and anytime. But the bottom line is that our own government deserve much more scrutiny than it has been getting. The government is our servant, not our master.