Bill Clinton: “Supporting the spread of democracy, with respect for human rights…”

On the recordDecember 8, 1997

Supporting the spread of democracy, with respect for human rights, advances the values that make life worth living.

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Remarks in New York City Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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