The defense of human rights has been, and continues to be, one of the principal goals of the foreign policy of this administration.

Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.

In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.

U.S. Policy toward the establishment of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories is unequivocal and has long been a matter of public record. We consider it to be contrary to international law and an impediment to the successful conclusion of the Middle East peace process.

In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president.

Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.