"Two presidents pursued human rights policies that were serious and effective: Reagan and George W. Bush. They understood that American support for human rights activists is a moral imperative for us and also makes the world safer for us."

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Source : "Obama’s Human Rights Disaster". Interview with Jamie Glazov, archive.frontpagemag.com. August 25, 2009.

Elliott Abrams

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“The choice of personnel, perhaps the most important choice (because 'people are policy'), never proceeds according to plan, but there have been some successful transitions that upheld high standards.”
“Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don't give up.”

Source : "The Death of Rachel Corrie" by Joshua Hammer, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2003.
“There are far too many self esteem problems in the world as it is. No sense taking on plant guilt, too.”
“If your Soviet neighbor is trying to set fire to your house, you can't be worrying about the Arab down the block. If suddenly it's the Arab in your backyard , you can't be worrying about the People's Republic of China and if one day the ChiComs show up at your front door with an eviction notice in one hand and a Molotov cocktail in the other, then the last thing you're going do is look over his shoulder for a walking corpse.”
“Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.”
“I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.”
“O'er the rugged mountain's brow Clara threw the twins she nursed, And remarked,'I wonder now Which will reach the bottom first?”

Source : 'Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes' (1899) 'Calculating Clara'
“I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer.”

Source : Dodie Smith (2003). “I Capture the Castle”, p.83, St. Martin's Press

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