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Ronald Reagan: “At birth, our country was christened with a declaration that spoke of self-evident truths, the foremost of which was…”

On the recordDecember 9, 1986
At birth, our country was christened with a declaration that spoke of self-evident truths, the foremost of which was that each and every individual is endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights. And our creed as Americans is that these rights, these human rights, are the property of every man, woman, and child on this planet and that a violation of human rights anywhere is the business of free people everywhere.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes the importance of human rights in U.S. foreign policy.

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