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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/politics/20BUSH-TEXT.html?oref=login"For a half a century, America defended our own freedom by standing watch on distant borders"
"There is only one force of history that can break the reign of hatred and resentment, and expose the pretensions of tyrants and reward the hopes of the decent and tolerant, and that is the force of human freedom"
"The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world"
"Freedom, by its nature, must be chosen, and defended by citizens, and sustained by the rule of law and the protection of minorities."
"Our goal instead is to help others find their own voice, attain their own freedom, and make their own way"
"America's influence is considerable, and we will use it confidently in freedom's cause"
"The moral choice between oppression, which is always wrong, and freedom, which is eternally right. "
"there is no justice without freedom"
"four decades defined by the swiftest advance of freedom ever seen is an odd time for doubt"
"Eventually, the call of freedom comes to every mind and every soul."
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it"
"Division among free nations is a primary goal of freedom's enemies. "
"Yet because we have acted in the great liberating tradition of this nation, tens of millions have achieved their freedom"
"one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of our world"
"America has need of idealism and courage, because we have essential work at home, the unfinished work of American freedom"
"In America's ideal of freedom, citizens find the dignity and security of economic independence,"
"we will give our fellow Americans greater freedom from want and fear"
"In America's ideal of freedom, the public interest depends on private character"
"In America's ideal of freedom, the exercise of rights is ennobled by service"
"And our country must abandon all the habits of racism, because we cannot carry the message of freedom and the baggage of bigotry at the same time"
"Did our generation advance the cause of freedom?"
"Americans by choice and by birth, are bound to one another in the cause of freedom."
"We felt the unity and fellowship of our nation when freedom came under attack"
"We go forward with complete confidence in the eventual triumph of freedom"
"We have confidence because freedom is the permanent hope of mankind"
"when citizens marched in peaceful outrage under the banner Freedom"
"Renewed in our strength, tested but not weary we are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom"
"The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands"
"In the long run, there is no justice without freedom, and there can be no human rights without human liberty"
"Some, I know, have questioned the global appeal of liberty though this time in history"
"Liberty will come to those who love it. "
"When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you"
"In a world moving toward liberty, we are determined to show the meaning and promise of liberty"
"This is the broader definition of liberty that motivated the Homestead Act, the Social Security Act and the G.I. Bill of Rights"
"Liberty for all does not mean independence from one another"
"When our Founders declared a new order of the ages, when soldiers died in wave upon wave for a union based on liberty"
"but history also has a visible direction, set by liberty and the Author of Liberty"
"the Liberty Bell was sounded in celebration,"
"in this young century, proclaims liberty throughout all the world,"
FREEDOM MARCHES ON.....
Intelligence sees grim Iraq future
OFFICIALS SAY AGENCIES THINK BUSH HAS LITTLE CHANCE OF ACHIEVING GOALS
By Warren P. Strobel, Jonathan S. Landay And John Walcott
KNIGHT RIDDER WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON - A series of new U.S. intelligence assessments on Iraq paints a grim picture of the road ahead and concludes that there's little likelihood that President Bush's goals can be attained in the near future.
Instead of stabilizing the country, national elections Jan. 30 are likely to be followed by more violence and could provoke a civil war between majority Shiite Muslims and minority Sunni Muslims, the CIA and other intelligence agencies predict, according to senior officials who've seen the classified reports.
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