...of September 1 1 , President George W. Bush posed this question: "Why do they hate us?" His answer: "They hate our freedoms — our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote." He commented later that he was amazed "that there's such misunderstanding of what our country is about...

...people hate us? "Freedom itself is under attack," President Bush announced. Our antagonists, he went on, "hate our freedoms, our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to assemble and disagree with each other." But as Eric Foner articulates. Freedom is the trump card of...

...group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated. Americans are asking, why do they hate us? They hate what we see right here in this chamber —...to vote and assemble and disagree with each other. They want to overthrow existing governments in many Muslim countries, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia,...

...reach has been found. stopped and defeated. [Applause.] Americans are asking. why do they hate us? They hate what we see right here in this chamber -...to vote and assemble and disagree with each other. They want to overthrow existing governments in many Muslim countries. such as Egypt. Saudi Arabia....

...-wrote me and asked: What genuinely motivates al-Oaeda to kill and selfdestruct? The president says, "They hate our freedoms"^ — our freedom of religion,...to vote and assemble and disagree with each other, which surely is not what has been learned from the captives being held in Guantanamo, or what he is...

...the presumed position of Bush. In his address of September 20, 2001, Bush declared, "[The terrorists] hate our freedoms — our freedom of religion, our...to vote and assemble and disagree with each other." Bush continued that the terrorists "want to overthrow existing governments in many Muslim countries...

...president denounced America's opponents as enemies of genuine (American-style) civilization, as people who "hate our freedoms — our freedom of religion, our...freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other."23 Following the logic of the "war on terrorism," opponents of civilization have to be forced...

...chamber—a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms—our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom...to vote and assemble and disagree with each other." 23 This was just one of the more prominent expressions of what Cynthia Weber in another context calls...

...chamber—a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms—our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom...to vote and assemble and disagree with each other. 25 Unlike "sophisticates," liberals, leftists, and especially postmodernists, Bennett, like Bush, knows...

...before returning home or hiding out to "plot evil and destruction." They are "enemies of freedom" who "hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech; our freedom to vote and to assemble and to disagree with each other." In order to tell what such an unfree society might look...