As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If we do not step forward, then we step back. If we do not protect a right, then we deny it.
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.
Even though we may focus first on the rights of our own country, that does not mean that we should disregard the rights of everyone else.
And we think that our citizens and yours would be very angry if they thought that we hadn't taken every possible step for prevention and then for joint action in the likelihood of those who threaten our lives and our well- being, taking action at the same time.
We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
We can never protect the rights by only thinking about our rights. By performing the universal responsibility with a compassionate mind, you can protect your own right and that of others.
The U.S. should worry about the effects of its polices on the rest of the world. We would like to live in a world where countries take into account the effect of their policies on other countries and do what is right, broadly, rather than what is just right given the circumstances of that country.
When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow.
Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.
We will defend ourselves, and we have full rights to do so. If the authorities try to destroy us, we have the right to rise up. Sooner or later this will happen.
No opposing quotes found.