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Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 08:56 PM Sep 2012

Great Hillary quote from Aung San Suu Kyi Ceremony

Hillary has truly honored the position of Secretary of State with her elegance, dignity, grace and the plain delivery of her personality and charm. Her term as SOS is going to be remembered as a model for subsequent holders of the position and looked back on with pride and nostalgia by all who witnessed it. I haven't even followed it that closely and I can't imagine how many other gems of high diplomacy I must have missed.

"In a time when politics and politicians are sometimes the objects of criticism and even disdain, it is well for us to remember people fight and die for the right to exercise politics, to be part of a democracy, to make decisions peacefully, without resorting to the gun." - Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton - September 19, 2012


Full transcript here:

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2012/09/197957.htm

Full video here (quote begins at 8:32):

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Great Hillary quote from Aung San Suu Kyi Ceremony (Original Post) Shankapotomus Sep 2012 OP
She truly is amazing Grateful for Hope Sep 2012 #1
And perhaps we in America... DreamGypsy Sep 2012 #2

DreamGypsy

(2,252 posts)
2. And perhaps we in America...
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 09:27 PM
Sep 2012

in addition to supporting and aiding the growth of democracy in Burma, can also observe and learn, or at least rekindle - the what we already know, about the methods and the value of working together for a greater good - the dignity and welfare of all.

Wonderful tribute, Hilary. Thanks.

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