Political Quotes

On the recordJune 12, 2017
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 They cannot be rescinded by one government any more than they can be granted by another.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham asserts the universality and permanence of human rights.

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