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While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction
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You don't need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change.
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Our nearly century-long experiment in banning marijuana has failed as abysmally as Prohibition did... In contrast, legalizing and taxing marijuana would bring in substantial sums that could be used to pay for schools, libraries or early childhood education.
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The intelligence community is so vast that more people have top secret clearance than live in Washington. The U.S. will spend more on the war in Afghanistan this year, adjusting for inflation, than we spent on the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War combined.
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The tide of history is turning women from beasts of burden and sexual playthings into full-fledged human beings.
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There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can never be fixed, no matter what aid is brought in.
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I think that [Donald] Trump is frankly a bigot. He has a racist history.
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I think when hundreds of thousands of lives are on the line, you might have to set aside some principles.
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The way you get leaders to care about issues of conscience is to apply political pressure. It's less a question of persuading leaders directly and more trying to build a social movement that holds their feet to the fire.
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It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.
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China was probably the worst place in the world to grow up female 100 years ago. There was foot binding, female infanticide, concubinage, and child marriage, and now it's one of the better places. So I really do feel that we're on the right side of history here.
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Compassion isn't a sign of weakness, but a mark of civilization.
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