During the 1980's and today, he said, some Americans wrongly focused on scattered abuses, failing to comprehend that "strength and diplomacy have to be worked together" to overcome tyranny and terrorism.

The lyrical themes on this album focus on achieving freedom and overcoming tyranny.

Yet in many ways, its story mirrors many African nations' struggle to overcome tyranny against the backdrop of cold war politics and African leaders' long reluctance to criticize one another's bad behavior.

The Russian revolution had swept away the most cruel and backward government in Europe and become a symbol of hope for many people, a symbol that ideas of freedom and justice could overcome tyranny.

The former Soviet dissident and political prisoner assays "the power of freedom to overcome tyranny and terror."

From that experience, we learned that with strong moral conviction, steadfast confidence in the rightness of liberty and democracy, and resolute leadership, freedom can overcome tyranny and terror.