Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.
- President, General, and all-around great American, Dwight D. Eisenhower

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Russian human rights still lacking protection

The basic right to life is no guarantee in Russia, especially to those men and women who are dedicating their lives to protecting those rights and prosecuting the offenders.



We can not tolerate abuse, no matter where in the world. Let these examples remind those of use with comfortable conditions and the privileges of good governance that we are never far off from despots and lacking even the most basic of rights. Never forget, never again.
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