Joe Scarborough: “I come to the floor of our Congress today to continue the discussion in our Record on America's responsibility for the…”

“I come to the floor of our Congress today to continue the discussion in our Record on America's responsibility for the rights of all people across the world. On this day and in this year, such a discussion seems appropriate. Today we mark the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document somewhat overdramatically labeled as the Magna Carta for all humanity. Still, despite the United Nations' own spotted record of tolerance for human rights abuses, this document should be marked and underlined. The declaration echoes the cries of freedom that began in the west some 2700 years ago, among the ancient Greek ruling class. From the birth of Athenian democracy to the Magna Carta's promise of fairness through Thomas Jefferson's own Declaration of Independence, we in the west have separated ourselves from those civilizations who believed that the iron fist of oppressive order was preferable to a society based upon the premise that free men and women would create the strongest of all societies.”