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Laws And Traditions That Hold Back Women, Hold Back Entire Societies.

It Is Absolutely Clear To Me That We Have To Keep The Internet Open

It's Important To Recognize That Expanding The Circle Of Opportunity And Increasing The Democratic Potential Of Our Own Society, As Well As Those Across The World, Is A Continuing Process Of Inclusion.

I Don't In Any Way Underestimate The Difficulties, Because It's Only Gotten Harder. But I Do Think You Just Have To Go Into Politics With The Attitude That You're Going To Speak Clearly And Authentically About What You See The Country Needs...and Seek Out Whatever Possible Partners You Can, Even In The Other Party. I've Looked At Successful Presidents Going Back. Some Of Our Most Successful Governed Through Periods When Their Party Was In Charge, And When The Other Party Was In Charge. There's No Magic Formula.

The Right To Express One's Views, Practice One's Faith, Peacefully Assemble With Others To Pursue Political Or Social Change - These Are All Rights To Which All Human Beings Are Entitled, Whether They Choose To Exercise Them In A City Square Or An Internet Chat Room. And Just As We Have Worked Together Since The Last Century To Secure These Rights In The Material World, We Must Work Together In This Century To Secure Them In Cyberspace.