“[Calling the measure a] serious provocation, ... restricts Taiwan's freedom and democracy, and has a serious impact on security in the East-Asia region.”
Joseph Wu
“If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.”
Dwight David Eisenhower
“If a citizen is legally forced to recognize the sovereignty of the state - there cannot be any speech about freedom.”
Ilkin Santak
“Duty of a citizen to the low-quality state is betraying it. Because low-quality state has already betrayed its citizens.”
“Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security”
Benjamin Franklin
“a broad international agenda that recognizes the connection between freedom, democracy, trade and development, and security.”
Scott McClellan
“Democracy and freedom are what extend the scope of peace and security.”
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
