“We don't really feel right now that the United States will be in such dire trouble in the year 2000.”
Don Meyer
“The United States will actively campaign on behalf of candidates genuinely committed to the promotion and protection of human rights and which will act as responsible members of this new body. We will also actively campaign against states that systematically abuse human rights.”
Sean McCormack
“The United States will not run for a United Nations human rights council seat in the council's first elections scheduled for May 9, 2006.”
“Here, we'd like to advise the United States to think over its own human rights issues, correct its erroneous double standards on the human rights issue and stop using human rights as an excuse to interfere in other countries' internal affairs.”
Liu Jianchao
“Today I announce that I will seek and I will win the presidency of the United States of America, ... a dishonest decade of Bill Clinton and Al Gore.”
Dan Quayle
“Sustained close engagement by the United States government is necessary to ensure compliance ... with human rights provisions.”
Michael Cromartie
“The United States will always reserve the right to operate over international waters and international airspace to protect the needs of our neighbors, promote regional stability and secure peace.”
Ari Fleischer