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Ronald Reagan

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Reagan on Foreign Policy

Human rights, therefore, is not an abstract moral issue; it is a peace issue.

November 21, 1985

We Americans believe that history teaches no clearer lesson than this: Those countries which respect the rights of their own people tend, inevitably, to respect the rights of their neighbors. Human rights, therefore, is not an abstract moral issue; it is a peace issue.

Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress Following the Soviet-United States Summit Meeting in Geneva

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