The first amendment to the United States Constitution reads Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof The idea is to keep governmental powers independent from private religious beliefs.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

God learned immediately after creating this unique being, that he will exercise his free will against God.

上帝在创造了这种独特的生命后马上意识到，他们将会以自由意志违抗上帝。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Absolutely. The reason why we have a right to free speech is because we have a right to own ourselves, to exercise our voice in any way that we choose.

当然，我们之所以享有言论自由,是因为我们是自己的主人，有权用任何方式表达自己的观点。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

"Because the NBA has a free agency system that has a maximum salary, the players in this case were able to exercise their leverage in an unanticipated way by bringing the three of them together.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

A statement on the website of the president's office says the army will undertake a humanitarian exercise to free non-combatants.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06