The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.
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About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Liberty and peace domestically depend on expanding freedom globally, linking national security to international democratic success.
- In plain terms
- Our freedom is safe only if freedom spreads to other countries too.
- What can you take from it?
- Support global freedom to ensure domestic liberty and peace.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can freedom be exported?
- Does global freedom guarantee peace?
Another view
It assumes that exporting freedom is always feasible and welcomed by other nations.
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