The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this desire into reality.

The U.S. has since the end of World War II had an answer - we stand for free peoples and free markets, we are willing to support and defend them - we will sustain a balance of power that favors freedom.

We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.

The freedom of each individual can only be the freedom of all.

Only the freedom of mind can prevent the state from becoming totalitarian and from issuing totalitarian demands.

It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom.

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

Thus, the struggle for peace includes the struggle for freedom and justice for the masses of all countries.

They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.

What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.