Between 1980 and 1990, the number of countries that were classified as 'free' or 'mostly free' increased by about 50%.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
No country is free unless it is democratic.
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
Europe is a collection of free countries.
If I remember rightly Holland for instance has something like 45, and it's a much smaller country. In comparison we have very few and they are very badly financed.
China adopted a capitalist system in the 1980s, and they went from a 60% poverty rate to 10%.
No country is 100 percent free of human rights abuses.
Man is not free unless government is limited.
Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.
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.
We had 90 percent rates, but nobody paid them. And so you had all these exemptions, exclusions, shelters, all this kind of stuff. And that's why most Americans are saying, 'Look, let's just be honest. Let's have lower rates, but everybody pays them.'
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