Barbara Amiel Quotes

Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.

There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.

Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.

I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.

Our real battlefield today is Asia and our real battle is the one between democracy and communism.... We have to prove to the world and particularly to downtrodden areas of the world which are the natural prey to the principles of communist economics that democracy really brings about happier and better conditions for the people as a whole.

In a free state there must be free speech. In libera civitate etiam linguas esse liberas.

'Liberal' is a great word - from the root, 'liberty,' which means free.

Freedom is on the march in this world. I believe everybody in the Middle East desires to live in freedom. I believe women in the Middle East want to live in a free society. I believe mothers and fathers want to raise their children in a free and peaceful world. I believe all these things, because freedom is not America's gift to the world, freedom is the almighty God's gift to each man and woman in this world.

It seems strange to the rest of the world, but we Americans can't seem to stop talking about how other countries should be democratic like we are.

We in the West should stand by our core principles.

By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they will appreciate why freedom is for everyone, why it is essential for our security and why the free world plays a critically important role in advancing democracy around the globe.

The king knows with what ardor and perseverance I have at all times been devoted to the cause of liberty and to the principles of humanity, equality and justice.

Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.

The three main sources of scepticism are first, that not every people desires freedom; second, that democracy in certain parts of the world would be dangerous; and third, that there is little the world's democracies can do to advance freedom outside their countries.

We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.

Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed with vital powers. A people cannot be free who do not participate in the control of the government which operates upon them.

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.

As I understand the American Founders, the most brilliant and daring idea they had was that it's possible to create a free society that could stay free forever.

I distinctly remember the vivacious optimism that inundated the United States when the Soviet Union imploded in the early 1990s. This was not glee generated by the doom of an implacable enemy, but thrill germinated by the real possibilities that the future held for freedom.

It didn't take long to recognise the shortcomings of the Soviet regime and to see the values of the free world.

American power in the world relies on these ideals of openness and critical debate.

While democracy must have its organization and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty.

Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.

Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country.