Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.
We have a society now where obedience to the law is really a choice, an option only.
There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced.
Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.
What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice.
All is foreseen, but freedom of choice is given.
I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred.
The rule of law is the basis for any democracy. And without the rule of law in democracy, you have chaos.
Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
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