“There is an enormous problem that when a government as influential as the United States flouts basic human rights standards, it undermines the standards and gives green light to other governments to do the same.”
Kenneth Roth
“The United States is neither Capitalist nor Socialist but more an individual group in both government and business who uses such terms to divide and conquer in their pursuit to control.”
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“The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an individual, in the Church or out of it, becomes dangerous to the public interest he must be checked.”
Abraham Lincoln
“The arrests and harassment of pro-democracy activists violate their fundamental civil rights. The United States calls on the Government of Nepal to release these and other detained activists who have been held for voicing their opposition to autocratic rule in Nepal.”
Sean McCormack
“We are appealing to the United States as a world leader in human rights ... to urge the Chinese government from using force against its people,”
Falun Gong
“Sustained close engagement by the United States government is necessary to ensure compliance ... with human rights provisions.”
Michael Cromartie
“I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.”
Samuel P. Huntington
