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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.


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Silence in the face of atrocity is not neutrality; silence in the face of atrocity is acquiescence.



What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.

What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.



Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.

Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.



Violence against women isn't cultural, it's criminal. Equality cannot come eventually, it's something we must fight for now.

Violence against women isn't cultural, it's criminal. Equality cannot come eventually, it's something we must fight for now.



Without investing in the rule of law for the poor, none of the other investments we make will be sustainable.

Without investing in the rule of law for the poor, none of the other investments we make will be sustainable.



It is easy to get used to the morning news, habituated. But don't. The morning news is yours to alter.

It is easy to get used to the morning news, habituated. But don't. The morning news is yours to alter.



My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.

My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.



Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.

Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.



I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.

I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.



Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.

Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.





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