Just as the 99% of Soviet citizens who supported the Soviet regime in 1985 was no indication of what the people inside the USSR really thought, the army of true believers that we think we see in the Arab world is an illusion.

Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies.

To go again over the history of the struggle of resistance ... and to think 'Where are all these people today Where is the KGB' is very inspiring

They tried their best to find a place where I was isolated. But all the resources of a superpower cannot isolate the man who hears a voice of freedom, a voice I heard from the very chamber of my soul.

Believe me, the drug of freedom is universally potent.

Free nations generally look for ways to deal with dictators amicably.

Imagine if the United States, in its war against Hitler, had said to Stalin: we don't want your support until you make your country democratic.