Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
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No country is free unless it is democratic.
To the socialist no nation is free whose national existence is based upon the enslavement of another people, for to him colonial peoples, too, are peoples, and, as such, parts of the national state.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.
People cannot be free unless they are willing to sacrifice some of their interests to guarantee the freedom of others. The price of democracy is the ongoing pursuit of the common good by all of the people.
The oppressed never free themselves - they do not have the necessary strengths.
Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace.
Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.
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.
Man is not free unless government is limited.
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