“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
We talk about human rights. 'Human rights' is something of an amorphous term...
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia
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Editor's note · Context

Discusses the complexity of human rights terminology in relation to different governmental systems.

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