"One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it." ― Ferdinand Mount Topic(s): Freedom More From Ferdinand Mount "According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts." "For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want." "We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity." More In Freedom "The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me."― Lionel Blue "When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society."― Pope John Paul II "A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man’s heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree."― George H. W. Bush