Chris Smith actually said...

"It is not democracy per se that is to be the goal, but rather duly-elected constitutional government that respects minorities, the separation of power, and fundamental human rights."

"It is the strategic interest of the United States to encourage governments to respect the rights of their own people because governments have failed to do so are, in the final analysis, unstable."

"I would hope that we reaffirm not just in words, but are willing to reaffirm in policy and in deed that when people, especially as we focus on the Christians in Egypt, are being brutalized, that we wi..."

"This administration's shortsighted approach of not clearly linking aid to the protection of human rights in Egypt has been unequivocally ineffective."