We held these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are all endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, and that government does not create those rights but merely exists to secure them.
Franks emphasizes the foundational beliefs about rights in America.
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I think there should be a 70-foot bronze statue of him out in front of Capitol, because he has been such a warrior.
So what I advocate is we have to end compartmentalization of American policies and to link every single work of the U.S. Government to human rights because it is in the interests of this country.
I think probably most people in this room know that Chairman Smith is one of the great human rights advocates in the Unites States Congress for the past 30 years.
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