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Chris Smith: If given a real choice, people everywhere vote to advance representative governments that protect the rule of law and…

On the recordNovember 19, 2014
If given a real choice, people everywhere vote to advance representative governments that protect the rule of law and the fundamental freedoms of speech, assembly, association, and religion.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith asserts that people prefer governments that uphold fundamental freedoms.

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