"While this bill is not related to the ongoing post-election events in Iran, we would be remiss to not express our solidarity with the protesters persuing electoral freedom in Tehran, consistent with our democratic values,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

Why can't you, we live in a democratic society with freedom of speech.

我们生活在个有言论自由的民主社会。

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In many ways Aristotle there offers, as does Plato, a certain kind of critique of the modern or even the ancient democratic theory of freedom, which is living as one likes.

亚里士多德在很多方面所提出的和柏拉图相似，都是一种对现代,或甚至古代自由民主理论的评判，也就是过一个人想过的生活。

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There is no reason why Muslim Arabs, women included, should not have the democratic freedom enjoyed by people of other faiths.

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Gyatso is one of a new breed of Buddhist activists who are on the front lines of battles to win democratic freedom.

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Suu Kyi, a democratic freedom activist who spent 15 years under house arrest, traveled to Washington earlier this year to accept the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal.

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