Bob Riley Quotes

There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people close to a vicious regime, the people of Iraq have been liberated and they understand that they've been liberated.

I believe, if done correctly, eliminating Saddam and liberating Iraq could be the 'Normandy Invasion' or 'fall of the Berlin Wall' of our generation... the Iraqi people are eager to be rid of Saddam, and there is equally encouraging evidence that republican principles could thrive there.

We can be proud of our record as an international beacon of liberty. From fostering democracies in Eastern Europe to the stabilization of Iraq and Afghanistan, we have been true to that calling and helped spread freedom to oppressed peoples everywhere.

Obama was late to affirm the Egyptian revolution as a democratic movement, and even then he was eager to have installed those military leaders who were known for their practices of torture.

If my goal were to spread democracy, Iraq would be the last country that I would use as a demonstration.

What our men and women in uniform are doing is providing for the Iraqi people and other surrounding nations the opportunity to see, to taste and to experience the democracy that equals freedom and ultimately justice.

America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children.

We should be proud of liberating the 26 million people in Iraq and should remember that this is why it is important to stick it out to it's successful conclusion.

I believe that the United States has a moral obligation to stand up for those citizens of the world who cannot stand up for themselves, and I am proud to have authored the bill signed into law today that continues to put significant pressure on the brutal Burmese military junta.

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.

If we hold true to our ideals and our commitment to freedom, this generation of servicemen and women will have extended liberty to the Iraqi people, just as previous generations of Americans have all across the globe.

When foreigners struggle for their freedoms, they've long expected the U.S. government to be the first to stand with them.

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

The Americans' position is clear: we promote democracy.

Unquestionably, the world is better off without Saddam.

We came to Iraq to liberate them and to make our world a safer place.

We have to implant democracies where there are now dictatorships.

We remain in Iraq because we know that sometimes liberty needs some nursing before it can grow on its own.

I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all people.

In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein.

Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny.

We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad.

We invaded Iraq to change a totalitarian, despotic regime, and we have been successful there.

Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships.

For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.