Mr. President. the 17th observance of Captive Nations Week gives the American people an opportunity to reaffirm our emphatic support for the universal human aspiration for personal freedom and national selfdetermination. Throughout the world. basic human rightsthe right to freedom of expression. the right of free emigration. the right to due legal process. the right to freedom from foreign hegemony. and the right to an equal opportunity for individual selffulfillmentare being denied. It is Americas responsibility to speak out in defense of these rights and never to excuse their violation. Most important. we must be vigilant in the defense of human rights in our own country. for. in the long run. our most effective contribution to the cause of human rights is by the force of our own example.
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