“Yes, we believe in democracy -- with elections that are free and fair; and independent judiciaries and opposition parties; civil society and uncensored information so that individuals can make their own choices. Yes, we believe in open economies based on free markets and innovation, and individual initiative and entrepreneurship, and trade and investment that creates a broader prosperity. And, yes, we believe in human dignity -- that every person is created equal, no matter who you are, or what you look like, or who you love, or where you come from. That is what we believe. That’s what makes us strong. And our enduring strength is also reflected in our respect for an international system that protects the rights of both nations and people -- a United Nations and a Universal Declaration of Human Rights; international law and the means to enforce those laws. But we also know that those rules are not self-executing; they depend on people and nations of goodwill continually affirming them.”

Source: Wintergirls

Remarks by President Obama in Address to the United Nations General Assembly (24 September 2013) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/09/24/remarks-president-obama-address-united-nations-general-assembly <br class="br">2013

2010s, 2016, Democratic Presidential Debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (11 February 2016)

Source: Wintergirls

2016, Remarks to the People of Cuba (March 2016)
Context: I believe that every person should be equal under the law. Every child deserves the dignity that comes with education, and health care and food on the table and a roof over their heads. I believe citizens should be free to speak their mind without fear to organize, and to criticize their government, and to protest peacefully, and that the rule of law should not include arbitrary detentions of people who exercise those rights. I believe that every person should have the freedom to practice their faith peacefully and publicly. And, yes, I believe voters should be able to choose their governments in free and democratic elections. Not everybody agrees with me on this. Not everybody agrees with the American people on this. But I believe those human rights are universal. I believe they are the rights of the American people, the Cuban people, and people around the world.

http://www.independentvoting.org/Bloomberg.html
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As quoted in His Brother&#x27;s Blood: Speeches and Writings, 1838&amp;ndash;64 https://web.archive.org/web/20160319080502/https://books.google.com/books?id=qMEv8DNXVbIC&amp;pg=PA48 (2004), edited by William Frederick Moore and Jane Ann Moore, p. 48 <br class="br">1840s, Address to the Liberty Party of Illinois (May 1842)

Source: Hogfather

An ironic statement which Singer made in many interviews over many years; here quoted in &quot;Isaac Singer’s Promised City&quot; http://www.city-journal.org/html/7_3_urbanities-isaac.html City Journal (Summer 1997) <br class="br">Variants or variant translations:<br>We must believe in free will — we have no other choice.<br>You must believe in free will; there is no choice.<br>We have to believe in free will. We’ve got no choice. <br class="br">This makes more sense if you consider the statement &quot;we must believe in free will; we have no [other logical] choice&quot;