Bill Clinton: “Human rights begin 'in small places, close to home . . . Unless these…”

On the recordDecember 5, 1999

Human rights begin 'in small places, close to home . . . Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.'

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Remarks on Presenting the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights

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