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昨日のコリン・パウエル年頭記者会見より。

And in the year 2004 you will see us moving even more aggressively to do everything we can to expand peace throughout the world, to expand economic opportunity to all nations in the world, for the purpose of generating wealth and opportunity for prosperity for the peoples of the world, and pressing for freedom and openness in systems and societies around the world, not in a lecturing mode, but recognizing that we believe strongly that human rights and freedom are God-given rights and not just the purview of a particular government.

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/28008.htm

理念としての国家である合衆国のこうした論理展開は自動的になものなのだろうか。作動を停められない、という印象を受ける。