I grew up in Europe where the history comes from.

Throughout its history the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity friendship peace and universal understanding.

And we want to develop our strategy to partnership and friendship with the United States which is connected with a very rich history but what is very important for our future.

History is full of examples of people who clamp down after they began to enjoy too much freedom. Freedom can lead to instability anarchy and confusion. So there can be a moral counter-revolution.

Value your freedom or you will lose it teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics' respond those who don't want to learn.

I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty and freedom. It is the history of our nation and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it.

The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation the expansion of women's rights or now gay rights I think there is an almost-inevitable march toward greater civil liberties.

The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever. Freedom is won not on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home. Teach your children the history of freedom if you want them never to lose it.

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.

I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to no matter what the sacrifice.