Words alone not a policy.

From: The Boston Herald | Date: June 30, 1998 | Copyright information

President Clinton deserves credit for his defense of freedom in China, and his words probably will help the cause of democracy there. But words alone do not a policy make.

Speaking at Beijing University, the president maintained that human rights are "the birthrights of people everywhere." Earlier, in his joint press conference with Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, he recalled the "tragic loss of life in Tiananmen Square" - a euphemistic description of a massacre where tanks ...

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