"Democracy is in retreat."
"Losing a square inch to autocracy outside of the U.S. is a square inch closer to autocracy inside of the U.S."
"We must defend freedom in other countries because we recognize it is necessary to our existence."
"The United Nations has allowed some of the world's most rampant human rights violators to masquerade as statesmen."
"These partnerships are a critical component of the resilience of these regimes."
"We also need to invite other democracies to join the United States in stepping up their support for democracy around the world."
"If our ultimate foreign policy goal is a world that is secure, stable, humane and safe, where the risk of war is minimal, then clearly supporting and advancing democracy should be a national security ..."
"A passive United States which is content to do business with dictators... is making the world safer for human rights violators and kleptocrats."
"It seems obvious that supporting freedom beyond U.S. borders is more than just a reflection of our democratic values, but a strategy vital to our national interests and to global security."
"The Administration's budget request is for $2.7 billion in funding for the hemisphere and that is a $430 million, or 21 percent, increase from the FY22 actual levels."
"the recent action taken by the Knesset really just yesterday that rolled back the agreement made more than 20 years ago by Israel to evacuate four settlements was inconsistent with the obligations tha..."