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It is a major flaw of the system of international law that the application of the lofty principles of universal justice should be conditioned by the global balance of political power, and that the world’s most notorious abusers, such as Libya and Iran, are allowed to pose as guardians of human rights in UN agencies.

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What I learned from these people and others was that I couldn't judge them based on their failure to meet their very lofty goals.

And I look back to those early days when I had the lofty title, I still have, of chief exec, but in the early days, I was chief exec of myself.

We all want the wheels of justice to properly turn, but we're coming to understand that the lofty ideals we learned in school look really different in our nation's prisons and jails and courtrooms.

How wonderful would it be if we were prepared to replace all of our lofty words with our wallets and invest 500 billion dollars unleashing women's economic potential?

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