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WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama says World Freedom Day 2011 is an opportunity to pay tribute to those who tear down barriers that obstruct democracy and justice.
"Recent developments in the Middle East and North Africa remind us that the pursuit of liberty endures," Obama said Tuesday in a proclamation commemorating Wednesday's anniversary of the fall of Germany's Berlin Wall.
"On November 9, 1989, the German people broke through a barrier that divided their nation, demonstrating no wall is strong enough to hold back the rising tide of human liberty. There could be no clearer rebuke of tyranny, nor a stronger affirmation of freedom," Obama said. "On World Freedom Day, we commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall, celebrate the resilience of the human spirit, and stand with all those who live in the darkness of oppression and believe in the hope of a brighter day."
Obama said the United States will stand, as it did in 1989, behind all who seeks a future that offers dignity, justice, equality and personal freedom.
"On World Freedom Day, we renew our commitment to all who believe -- even in the face of cynicism, doubt, and oppression -- that walls truly can come down," he said.
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