But because Fidelio isn't just about ideals of freedom and clemency.
"We want to go back to those ideals of freedom, democracy, dignity and peace," he said.
The walls have become emblematic of America's, India's and Israel's exclusionary policies rather than their ideals of freedom and democracy.
Ideals of freedom and civic participation gave way to a naïvely optimistic reliance on the right to vote.
Why did the American and French Revolutions take such different paths despite professing similar ideals of freedom and justice?
Britain's Gay Liberation Front, formed in the wake of a US movement after New York's anti-homophobic Stonewall riots, was equally driven by ideals of freedom and innovation.
No building in Washington is more emblematic of the sacrifices made by citizens of this nation in service to the ideals of freedom and democracy.
Young Egyptians long to live in a nation that honors universal ideals of freedom they see and experience through social media, the Internet and now Tahrir Square.
More than any other dance it appeared to represent some of the abstract values of the new era, the ideals of freedom, character, passion, and expressiveness.
Their books did indeed reflect the experience of people like themselves, who were "strongly committed to ideals of freedom and individualism".
And when it does, you realize that this is a nation committed not only to the practical ideals of freedom but to something larger as well.
