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The U.S. and the USSR: Religious Liberty as a Human Right

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2018

Robert F. Smylie
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Speaking before the United Nations, President Jimmy Carter declared that "The basic thrust of human affairs points toward a universal demand for fundamental human rights. The United States has a historic birthright to be associated with this process." He was reiterating his inaugural day commitment: "Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere."

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Worldview , Volume 20 , Issue 9 , September 1977 , pp. 26 - 35
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Copyright © Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs 1977

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