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No country is free unless it is democratic.

People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.

Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American mind with free political institutions.

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.

The American free market system is the greatest engine for prosperity and opportunity that the world has ever seen. Freedom works.

In most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny.

A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important.

The fact that the U.S. is superior to all others allows for free commerce to take place.

The right combination is between a free economy and social policy that addresses the needs of society and creates equal opportunity.

No economic system is perfect. But the American Free Enterprise system has empowered millions of people in the past. I know, because I saw it with my own eyes.