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.
Emphasizes the importance of human rights in U.S. foreign policy.
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Let us always take with us the spirit of vision, skill, and excellence.
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