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The American dream is about freedom.

The American Dream is about freedom.

What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

We can no longer take our own way of life for granted - we know that it may be challenged. And we know this, too - and know it ever more deeply - we know that freedom and democracy are not just big words mouthed by orators but the rain and the wind and the sun, the air and the light by which we breathe and live.

Freedom is never easily won, but once established, freedom lasts, spreads and chokes out tyranny.

I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving.

Democracy still has a real hope and chance in Iraq, and true freedom in this country would be the greatest testament to those who gave their lives for it.

Our democracy is not something to be taken for granted. You have to fight for it. You have to commit yourself to working for it - for the long haul.