The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children.
First and foremost - our vision for a united and peaceful Georgia is based on respect for the desire - and respect for the right - to South Ossetian autonomy.
But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
Hopefully, 21 years later, Judge Roberts possesses an openness with respect to issues of gender-based wage discrimination.
I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.
I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system.
I do support enhanced interrogation techniques. Obviously their value is shining through with respect to the bin Laden killing.
Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
The science linking the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather to the climate crisis has matured tremendously in the last couple of years.
What is needed is an all-out science project to get vehicles off of gasoline, rather than off of the earth.
If I had my choice, every high school would be teaching financial literacy along with math and science.
Since coming to Congress, I have been advocating for increased resources for research in the physical sciences and for the Department of Energy Office of Science in particular.
In order for America to remain a global leader in innovation and opportunity, we must give our children a solid foundation in math and science.
While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.
We are a studying nation. Scholarship from science is important to the whole world and those people need to be able to be safe and secure in what they do.
The moral issue here is whether the United States Congress is going to stand in the way of science and preclude scientists from doing lifesaving research.
I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine.
To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.
It is a high patriotic duty that we support and sustain the men who have been placed in position of difficulty, burden, responsibility, and even danger as the result of our suffrages.
I have the utmost respect for the different faiths professed by my fellow men.
