Posted on 01/22/2005 2:30:58 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Some, I know, have questioned the global appeal of liberty - though this time in history, four decades defined by the swiftest advance of freedom ever seen, is an odd time for doubt. Americans, of all people, should never be surprised by the power of our ideals. Eventually, the call of freedom comes to every mind and every soul. We do not accept the existence of permanent tyranny because we do not accept the possibility of permanent slavery. Liberty will come to those who love it.
Today, America speaks anew to the peoples of the world:
All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: the United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you.
Democratic reformers facing repression, prison, or exile can know: America sees you for who you are: the future leaders of your free country.
The rulers of outlaw regimes can know that we still believe as Abraham Lincoln did: "Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it."
The leaders of governments with long habits of control need to know: To serve your people you must learn to trust them. Start on this journey of progress and justice, and America will walk at your side. ....***
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/01/20050120-1.html#
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***…Back in the Reagan years, Jeane Kirkpatrick became a heroine in the Soviet Union for the simple act of naming names on the floor of the U.N.: naming the names of prisoners, citing their cases, inquiring after their fates. Later, in Moscow, she met Andrei Sakharov, who exclaimed, "Kirkpatski, Kirkpatski! I have so wanted to meet you and thank you in person. Your name is known in all the Gulag." And why was that? Because she had named those names, giving men and women in the cells a measure of hope. Kirkpatrick says now, "This much I have learned: It is very, very important to say the names, to speak them. It's important to go on taking account as one becomes aware of the prisoners and the torture they undergo. It's terribly important to talk about it, write about it, go on TV about it." A tyrannical regime depends on silence, darkness. "One of their goals is to make their opponents vanish. They want not only to imprison them, they want no one to have heard of them, no one to know who or where they are. So to just that extent, it's tremendously important that we pay attention." …***
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b1ca4051f0b.htm
Calamity? Wait till the Islamicists get their hands on nukes. Then the Euroweasels will see calamity.
Their countries are so compromised, they're afraid to stand against terrorists.
As I listened to the President's speech it seemed as he was speaking directly to the young Iranian dissidents.
It's important for our youth to know about these people and begin to see beyond themselves in this life.
It seemed that way to me as well.
That's exactly it CW. The only ones upset at the President's speech are those who want to continue the suppression and fear.
In my confusing NYC voice, keep up the good work. Have you heard or read that co-author and Freeper, Jerry Corsi, wants to move to Taxachusetts and run against Kerry for Senate in 2008?
Political elite (Hillary, Kerry, Kennedy), racist elite (Jackson, Sharpton, Byrd, Jackson-Lee), ivy league elite (90% of educators) and their followers do not believe in freedom, they do not hold with the idea that free people can or should exist without their controlling supervision.
No. I hadn't.
Good!
They are now the senior members of our corps of 'educators.'
Exactly! And they're filling the brains of our youth with their anti-American poison. But check this out: A Conservative Answer to Michael Moore
Looks promising - thanks!
Although far from being as dramatic still somewhat similar to President Reagans "Tear down this wall" statement.That one sentence did more to set people in eastern Europe free than can be imagined.
Of course,as always there were those in the administration then who were timid and advised against saying it.Thankfully in his great vision Reagan knew the crescendo for freedom it would raise.
Thankfully, those of us who are part of the Reagan Generation are coming to the age of gaining those academic positions, and beginning to change the influence of rhetoric in academia. It will take time.......
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