Margaret Thatcher addresses Canadian Parliament (1988)

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June 22, 1988
RIP Margaret Thatcher 1925 - 2013
"We must always remember what lies at the very root of the differences between Soviet system and the free world. It is a fundamentally different view of the role of the individual and his rights in society.
History hasn't equipped the Russian people with the capacity to escape easily from the incubus of state socialism. They know nothing of personal liberty, have never experienced an independent judiciary, are strangers to tolerance and the checks and balances which operate in a free society.
People used to believe that dictatorships had the advantage of being more efficient and better able to act decisively than the democracies. They were wrong. Now they understand that you can't plan and regulate everything, and that if you try, you lose the driving force of human nature and its inventiveness and creativity.
In modern societies success depends on openness, on free discussion, and on easy access to information. We in the West could never have experienced the great surge of technological advance without them. Once you try to suppress and restrain them, then not only are you unable to change, you are unable to respond to change.
Mr. Speaker, the example of what freedom has achieved in the open societies of the West is a powerful incentive to the closed societies of the Eastern Block, to extend it to their people, and to accept restraints on the power of those who rule.
But the case for freedom can never be merely a material one. It is a moral crusade. The communist societies still see human rights as something given by the state, which can be taken away by the state. For us they are something that are so fundamental that they cannot be given, or taken away, by any government or human agency.
For those who would have us believe that speaking out about human rights runs counter to the aim of better relations, play into the hands of the enemies of freedom."

Пікірлер: 37

@revolucion41 8 жыл бұрын

god we love you canadians. much love from england xxxxxxxxxxxxx

@vancouverology 9 жыл бұрын

She was speaking excellent French!

@xelakram 6 жыл бұрын

Frederic, I would love to hear her speaking French without dubbing. Each KZbin video I watch, you can't hear her French, simply someone else speaking over her. Any links or suggestions, perhaps?

@prajwalbm132 2 жыл бұрын

Please let see know where to watch it

@matinphal 4 жыл бұрын

Her French is excellent!!!

@pspboy7 11 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace dear Iron Lady... so much strength and wisdom.

@seannaesseannaes 3 жыл бұрын

Ding dong the witch is dead!

@mohoromitch 11 жыл бұрын

This is the Cable Public Affairs Channel, it's all translated to english. La Chaîne d'affaires publiques par câble is all translated to french.

@kotasbyubilieau8365 6 жыл бұрын

Some people criticized her because she divided the society. What I want to say is that if Labour did not take power after WWII, the economy of the UK will be much more stronger than now. In 1979, Maggie had no alternative to change Britain.

@markvincentbonachita8950 5 жыл бұрын

This lady have it all is there any video that doesn't include the translator???

@London_J 5 жыл бұрын

I never knew she could speak french

@davjdscharlotsen5085 7 жыл бұрын

I hate when they translate

@P1mpMyBr1de 8 жыл бұрын

The French language should be banned in British Canada

@karansarat 6 жыл бұрын

Typical Anglo saxon talk. Canada is a nation of all languages not just English

@gideonhorwitz9434 6 жыл бұрын

KingTut just happines that the majority of people in Canada speak English

@chris210909 5 жыл бұрын

P1mpMyBr1de - low IQ, like yours, should be banned everywhere..!

@selenasmith7732 3 жыл бұрын

Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead yay

@philliplloyd6977 2 жыл бұрын

Sick person

@Warriorcats64 8 ай бұрын

You're too nice.

@charlesbrain3872 11 жыл бұрын

Rip Margaret. Conviction, articulation and grace. They don't make them like this I anymore.

@seannaesseannaes 3 жыл бұрын

Ding dong the witch is dead!

@Koldeman 11 жыл бұрын

"...but we've come a long way since the days when people thought you could spend and borrow your way to prosperity." That's exactly what Pres. Obama has done here in the U.S. and we are on the cusp of financial ruin.