Political Quotes

“on April 19, CNN published a guest column by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, ``An unprecedented step on human rights.'' At a time when President Trump has praised Egypt's President el-Sisi and Turkey's President Erdogan, both of whom are responsible for brutal crackdowns on dissent and for subverting the institutions of democracy, and after the White House lifted human rights restrictions on the sale of military equipment to Bahrain and Secretary of State Tillerson did not participate in the public release of the Department's Annual Report on Human Rights Practices, Ambassador Haley's op-ed is welcome. In it, she made several statements that I think bear repeating. For example, she said: ``[W]idespread human rights violations are a warning sign--a loud, blaring siren--that a breakdown in peace and security is coming.'' ``[T]here is hardly an issue on the agenda of the Security Council that does not in some way involve human rights.'' ``The next international crisis could very well come from places in which human rights are widely disregarded . . . we know from history that it will happen. And when it does, the United Nations will be called upon to act. We are much better off acting before abuse turns to conflict.'' I strongly agree with all of that and commend her for saying it.…”