In Jakarta, confronting a hostile crowd, my father grabbed a bullhorn and spoke extemporaneously for twenty minutes on the meaning of freedom: Let me tell you what the United States stands for. We were born in revolution. We believe that government exists for the individual and the individual is not a tool of the state. We in America believe that we should have a divergence of views. We believe that everyone has a right to express himself. We believe that your people have a right to speak out and give their views and ideas.
