It is an event that Americans rightfully take pride in: a peaceful transfer of power; a chance to re-affirm the values of openness, freedom of speech, and egalitarianism that define us; a democratic ceremony symbolically attended by all citizens.
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When openness and honesty of speech are missing, closeness and dishonesty in the relationships result [ 43].
The show has made tremendous contributions in promoting openness, transparency and freedom of speech in the region, but hurdles remain for development of the type of policy change that came from glasnost and perestroika in the former Soviet Union in the 1980s.
Far beyond that, democracy is a culture of inclusiveness, openness, human rights and freedom of speech, for each and every one, regardless of whichever party they might have voted for.
He looks at results, not opening declarations of high principle.In his 2011 appearance at Carnegie, he talked about the need to promote democracy, freedom of speech and openness in the Arab world even if the results might be messy and hard to predict, in ways that many neoconservatives (and Lexington, for what it is worth) would applaud.
Scott Appleby, director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, where Mr. Ramadan was to teach at Notre Dame, said: "I worry about the implications for academic freedom and more generally for freedom of speech and the openness of American society.
For the man who introduced glasnost (openness) – reforms aimed at lifting the Soviet suppression of speech and ideas – that must be saddening.
For some at the conference, it meant both respect for other groups and a liberal openness to free speech, even offensive speech.
Many Anonymous protests tackle issues of free speech and preserving the openness of the net.
