Barack Obama actually said...

Democracy, rule of law, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, those are not simply principles of the West to be hoisted on these countries, but rather what I believe to be universal principles.

Context

Interview With Justin Webb of BBC World News

05/31/2009

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