| October 11, 1978If only we will back off
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| | judicial review and the diffusion of
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| a little more on our demands that Russia
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| | property in a private sector. In short,
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| live up to the Helsinki agreement on
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| | our civil rights derive from the theory
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| human rights, a strategic arms limitation
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| | and practice of limited government."Our
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| treaty can be signed any day
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| | political leaders, when they come to
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| now.Secretary of State Cyrus Vance has
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| | praise civil rights in one world forum or
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| given away the B-1 bomber, cruise
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| | another, do not argue in favor of limited
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| missile, neutron war head and nuclear
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| | government - perhaps because they no
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| carrier. Now that all U.S. weapons
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| | longer really believe in it. They always
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| advantages have been abandoned, the
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| | talk as if their mission is to persuade
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| principle broadly defined as human rights
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| | authoritarian or totalitarian governments
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| is under final attack.In the end we can
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| | to make a gift of civil rights to their
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| expect that the noble precepts of human
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| | people."POLITICAL RIGHTS are those to
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| rights will be accorded short
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| | participate, in one degree or another, in
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| shrift.Perhaps our retreat from principle
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| | government. One-person-one-vote is
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| is inevitable. Human rights is, after
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| | indeed a constitutional principle by
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| all, a campaign catch-word that greatly
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| | which a people may govern itself. But it
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| complicates the real world of power
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| | is not the sole such principle. Only a
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| politics if taken seriously.Other
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| | dogmatist would insist that it is,
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| nations, friends and foes, had difficulty
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| | everywhere and always, the best
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| figuring out what we meant by human
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| | principle. Even the United States, after
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| rights. Not until President Jimmy Carter
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| | all, for most of its history has not been
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| defined the term more precisely - in
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| | governed by this principle."The proper
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| private - and turned down the volume did
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| | extent of political rights in any nation
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| our international relations smooth
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| | is not something our State Department can
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| out.The trouble was - and still remains
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| | have a meaningful opinion about. It can
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| for the American public - that "human
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| | only be determined by the people of that
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| rights" has too many meanings. Each
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| | nation, who will draw on their own
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| hearer interprets the concept to suit his
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| | political and cultural backgrounds in
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| own convictions.Irving Kristol, professor
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| | arriving at a suitable disposition of
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| of urban values at New York University,
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| | this matter."We can try to set them a
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| summarized the problem some time ago in a
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| | good example by making our democratic
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| guest analysis for the Wall Street
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| | republic as admirable as possible - as
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| Journal."Human rights really includes
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| | our Founding Fathers urged. But that's
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| four very different political ideas,"
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| | about all we can do - as our Founding
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| said Kristol."HUMAN RIGHTS PROPER is the
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| | Fathers recognized."SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS
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| least political of the four meanings,
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| | were inscribed in the United Nations
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| since it applies equally to all
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| | Charter, and the United States, in its
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| governments, regardless of their
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| | folly, has duly subscribed to the
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| political structure. It refers to those
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| | principle behind them. The principle is
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| practices of government which, in the
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| | that a welfare state is always and
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| perspective of our Judaeo-Christian
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| | everywhere better than a non-welfare
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| civilization, can flatly be called
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| | state; that the more comprehensive a
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| abominations, that is, where questions of
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| | welfare state, the better; and that the
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| degree are irrelevant. Genocide, whether
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| | right to a broad range of government
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| on a large scale or small, is such an
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| | services is absolute, whether the nation
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| abomination. So is torture. And so are
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| | can afford them or not, and whether the
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| restrictions on the right to
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| | people want them or not."A particular and
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| emigrate."Though the U.S. since World War
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| | debatable version of 20th-Century
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| II has been properly outspoken on the
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| | liberalism is suddenly presented to us as
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| issue of genocide and torture, it has
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| | a universal 'human right.' Since, at
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| avoided making any fuss about the right
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| | this late date, it might be difficult to
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| to emigrate. The reason, to put it
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| | repudiate this absurd principle out
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| bluntly, was fear of offending the Soviet
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| | right, we ought to ignore it as much as
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| and other Communists governments. The
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| | possible."Failure to recognize the
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| Carter administration seems willing to
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| | several interpretations possible of his
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| continue this particular policy of 'moral
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| | campaign slogan has unnecessarily
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| detente.'"CIVIL RIGHTS are those of an
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| | entangled President Carter in semantics.
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| individual with his government, and are
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| | He frequently finds himself in the
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| summed up in the phrase, 'the rule of
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| | embarrassing position of lecturing our
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| law,' to which even government is
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| | allies and looking the other way when our
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| subject."It is important to emphasize,
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| | enemies commit worse violations.Now we
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| since we Americans have so parochial and
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| | are on the horns of a dilemma -one
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| impoverished a sense of history, that
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| | labeled SALT treaty and the other human
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| such civil rights can exist even in
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| | rights. To get one we must bury the
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| non-liberal or nondemocratic societies.
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| | other.And it really doesn't make much
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| Neither Henry VIII nor Tsar Nicholas I
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| | difference which.Lindsey Williams is a
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| ever presumed to think he had the kind of
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| | Sun columnist who can be contacted
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| arbitrary power which many member
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| | at:Website: with several hundred of
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| governments of the United Nations
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| | Lin's Editorial & At Large articles
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| exercise today as a matter of course."As
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| | written over 40 years.Also featured in
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| Robert Goldwin recently emphasized, we
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| | its entirety is Lin's groundbreaking book
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| seem to have forgotten that our own broad
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| | "Boldly Onward," that critically analyzes
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| definition of civil rights is rooted in
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| | and develops theories about the original
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| our political and economic structure - in
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| | Spanish explorers of America.
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| federalism, the separation of powers,
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