04/21/2013
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"To view foreign policy as simply transactional is more dangerous than its proponents realize."
"We are a country with a conscience. We have long believed moral concerns must be an essential part of our foreign policy."
"Human rights exist above the state and beyond history. They cannot be rescinded by one government any more than they can be granted by another."
"Our values make us sympathetic to your plight, and, when it's convenient, we might officially express that sympathy."