This report confirms for me that the administration has created an ideologically driven program. It's an unethical policy, and it goes against basic human rights principles.
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Related The defense of human rights has been, and continues to be, one of the principal goals of the foreign... CYRUS VANCE A freedom of expression that destroys world peace is against basic human rights. LIAQAT BALUCH Austerity is devastating these communities. The working poor, public sector workers, the disabled, a... MARTIN MCGUINNESS The Chinese government consistently respects the universal principles of the international community... ZHU BANGZAO This law will embody the principles that find general consensus among the Iraqi people ... respect f... AHMED CHALABI This report confirms that Al Gore has the right priorities to help improve our public schools. DOUGLAS HATTAWAY [In Saudi Arabia, the report noted the government's] human rights record remained poor, ... views it... SAUDI ARABIA The Obama administration has refused to back down on the insurance mandate that needlessly pits heal... ROB PORTMAN It now appears that the last thing many human rights groups really wanted was a thoroughly reformed ... NILE GARDINER There will still be trade disputes with the Bush administration, but it's unlikely these disputes wi... JIN CANRONG There has been an ignoring and a starving of NASA for funds by the administration, and this isn't a ... BILL NELSON China has declared its commitment to human rights and has raised expectations for the country to mat... LOUISE ARBOUR This report by the U.S. government provides a thorough review of today's human rights practices arou... DR. WILLIAM F. SCHULZ This is bigger than the program. From our administration to our great fans, everyone has played such... MARILYN CODDENS We just want to make our demands very clear and explicit to the administration. The [Designated Supp... BEN BREWER The strategy of putting justice on hold for an elusive peace settlement has emboldened human rights ... PETER TAKIRAMBUDDE Any human action that goes against what is ordinary, is deemed as an anomaly. ABHIJIT NASKAR has failed his test of leadership and missed an historic opportunity to stand up for the basic civil... MARK LENO This is a program-driven park rather than an athletically driven park. The topography of the site na... JIM EBY On the human rights side, administration policy has been marked by indifference. When the people of ... ELLIOTT ABRAMS I state in no uncertain terms: An order to uproot an Arab village or a Jewish settlement violates th... NAFTALI BENNETT Morocco must do far more to respect the basic human rights of migrants before it can be considered a... HOLLY CARTNER I guess patriarchal stereotypes have, as is true for most people, created painful moments in my life... THANDIE NEWTON It has been an underpinning of U.S. policy and a premise of the Perry report that a South-North dial... WENDY SHERMAN Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the ba... STEPHEN HARPER He has an incredible work ethic. He is driven for success and he has his priorities straight. It sho... DOUG SCHREIBER These basic rights are spelled out in the UN's Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. ERIC SCHWARTZ From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromis... CHARLES SUMNER Once an entitlement program has been created with millions of beneficiaries, it becomes almost impos... PAT BUCHANAN Same sex marriage is not an expression of human right but human wrong. Any nation that rationalizes ... SYLLABUS ONAJOBI What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that quest... BEN NELSON Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack o-n our fundamental freedoms and the b... STEPHEN HARPER With the aid of this credit policy, however, Germany created an armament second to none, and this ar... HJALMAR SCHACHT The tax code is not the only area where the administration is helping the rich get richer and the po... DENNIS KUCINICH Our recent history should have made one thing clear. Women's rights are human rights. Any foreign po... JACK HOLLAND My heart goes out to what everyone went through here. The main thing is that this is an opportunity ... MAURICE CARTHON In this case it seems very obvious that an airport has an economic impact and you would not need a r... JEFFREY FRANKEL I've always been interested in the industrialization of our food; it's been an issue for me ... RICHARD LINKLATER The U.S. needs a forward-looking policy toward Indonesia that promotes genuine accountability for hu... KAREN ORENSTEIN In the end, abortion is an issue of fundamental human rights. To force women to undergo pregnancy an... KATHA POLLITT This is an important march for human rights. Now, it is time to wake up so they can respect us as hu... MIGUEL MIRANDA The unwarranted accusations by the U.S. against China under the pretext of so-called human rights qu... ZHANG QIYUE Is this administration, the Clinton administration, an administration that needed defending? JUDY WOODRUFF Defending human rights should be an important objective of foreign policy, and that, too, will somet... CHRYSTIA FREELAND The Supreme Court's basic take is that when Congress has said something specific, the president's au... DEBORAH PEARLSTEIN I believe that such an investigation at this point ... would be detrimental to this highly classifie... PAT ROBERTS The base of this freedom is respect for human rights. And these nine channels are against humanity. ELAINE XIE The administration is taking a different strategy because it got a lot of flak last year for trying ... ELLEN LEVINSON I think that the press has a duty and an obligation to report on local government, state government,... MARK MCKINNON The Immigrant Rights Defense Committee is an organization that has begun to grow at an amazing rate.... GUSTAVO RAMIREZ Katrina has been an attention-getting experience for this administration, ... It's clear that the ad... BRUCE GORDON This [vote] is not an anti-Navy, anti-military, anti-American exercise, ... This is an exercise of p... LUIS GUTIERREZ When I read this that was a question I raised. I do think that it goes against the Bill of Rights in... MARIA RESSA Not only has the Iraqi government failed to provide minimal protection for its citizens, it has acti... DR. WILLIAM F. SCHULZ Ever since taking office, the Obama administration has sought to accommodate Islamist demands that f... FRANK GAFFNEY And I believe in having an administration that has clearly defined goals, objectives and time lines ... ERSKINE BOWLES For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration ha... DUSTIN HOFFMAN Human rights is new for the military. They usually see human rights as a scapegoat, an instrument us... INDRIA SAMEGO We have lost an eloquent voice for human rights and human dignity and a champion for the least among... GEORGE W. BUSH Only he qualifies to be an INDIVIDUAL, who has created an IMAGE for himself, in tune with his INTRIN... RAMANA PEMMARAJU This confirms what I have said from the beginning, that this is an attempt to avoid the accurate and... YASSER ARAFAT While it is correct that sovereign countries do in principle have the right to pursue civilian nucle... BALBINA HWANG This is an extremely encouraging report. If we can freeze a human ovary intact with its blood supply... KUTLUK OKTAY Human rights and gender awareness are built into the program. BRENDA BELL Love can make even nice people do awful things. JUDE DEVERAUX Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dyin... ROBERT MAYNARD Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dyi... ROBERT MAYNARD For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration ha... DUSTIN HOFFMAN To work to change practices, to change some of the policies, so that people's basic human rights and... JENNIFER ALLEN [T]here are some human rights that are so deep that we can't negotiate them away. I mean people do h... HELEN PREJEAN NBC censored those remarks on the west coast and the remarks are simply nutty. I mean. Come on. West... BILL O'REILLY has an extensive bill of rights, individual protections for all individuals. It has freedom of speec... SEAN HANNITY I know its going to be an emotional time for me. I know I'm going to be shedding a tear or two. No o... TONI EDWARDS This report confirms everything we've ever said about why the Byrd Amendment should be overturned, ERIK AUTOR Critics were ignored during the Lee administration, and this administration has also pursued its pro... ANSTRESS FARWELL Now in its third year in office, the Obama Administration has never championed the cause of human ri... ELLIOTT ABRAMS The commission has long advocated for change and we want to work with the government to make sure ch... BARBARA HALL When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic ... BENAZIR BHUTTO This basically confirms their story, so steady as she goes on that front. MARC LEVESQUE In Harvest of Stars, there is this notion, not original with me of course, that it will become possi... POUL ANDERSON The candid and honest and pure heartedness of children has strengthened my views that we are all equ... NIA VARDALOS The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of... AI WEIWEI Let's be clear: the American people didn't give the GOP a stamp of approval or a mandate to ... THOM TILLIS Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense o... JIMMY CARTER If we block investigation on violations of human rights just because a country doesn't feel responsi... BERNHARD DOCKE Anything that confirms for me the transitory nature of reality isn't bad. It's a good lesson... RICHARD LINKLATER An uplifting sense of purpose is more than an impetus for individual accomplishment, it is also a ne... GARY HAMEL In a way, this show has an opportunity to make a lot of commentary on politics, human relations, hum... DANIEL DAE KIM When you have nothing nobody knows you.
When you have something everyone knows you.
If you're not wi... REGINA MARIE CHRISTENSON My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life. JIM FOX Live for today with your eyes on the future. THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL Don't let anyone blind you with their criticism, you're just beautiful. AMAN JANGDA Everyone is good at something as long as they love that something. ARDIT BALISHA The hardest step to take is always the first one. THOMAS FLAJNIK - ANTICHIMERAPODAL To rule an iceberg, you must swim,.. Deep.
Pour régner sur l'iceberg, il faut savoir nager en profo... CARL MATHIEU Behave with kind with surrendorist, but behave with cruelty with enemy. NITIN S DHARKAR Words are magic to those who chose to listen, to those who don’t are bones. PABLO D. RODRIGUEZ şarabın gazabından kork çünkü fena kırmızıdır kan tutar / tutan ölür s... ATTILâ İLHAN Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any... MICHELLE BACHELET I want to commend it as an epoch-making move for the BOJ that would bring transparency to its policy... KOZO YAMAMOTO
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