I became a playwright and screenwriter. Italian-Americans were my particular specialty. I liked the way they talked. There was something free in it.
John Patrick Shanley
During the Great Depression, levels of crime actually dropped. During the 1920s, when life was free and easy, so was crime. During the 1930s, when... →
Ben Shapiro
When people are desperate or wealthy, they turn to socialism; only when they have no other alternative do they embrace the free market. After all... →
When the Soviet Union fell, optimistic scholars believed the world had shifted inexorably in the direction of free markets and liberal democracy.... →
Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment.
Jonathan Shapiro
Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then... →
Natan Sharansky
Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.
I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.
Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations.
Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies.