Political Quotes

On the recordJune 27, 2017
I think abusers of human rights are mostly afraid of the sunshine, they are afraid of information, they are afraid of the people knowing what they did and afraid of being asked to change their behaviors.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Rubio emphasizes that human rights abusers fear transparency and accountability.

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