“When the United States mutes its support for human rights and gives legitimacy to tyrants by treating them as rational, civilized members of the world community, freedom fighters get discouraged – and tyrants are more apt to be brutal, as they become convinced that the United States won’t interfere.”

“When the United States mutes its support for human rights and gives legitimacy to tyrants by treating them as rational, civilized members of the world community, freedom fighters get discouraged – and tyrants are more apt to be brutal, as they become convinced that the United States won’t interfere.”

— Matt Margolis