Secretary Rice Remarks At the Commonwealth Club

Opening a Path for the March of Freedom Secretary Rice (May 27): "Democracy, a belief in liberty, a desire to be free is as natural as breathing. It is not that it is easy, but when has it ever been easy? In our country, the great author of liberty, Thomas Jefferson, said, "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time."

...the Founding Fathers gave us institutions that protected those great principles, we have been able to struggle and stumble toward a more perfect union, built in liberty, for the more than 200 years of our existence." [full text; audio ]