37 Quotes by Tom Lantos

They caved in to Beijing's demands for the sake of profits.

I only hope we will have an equally charismatic and visionary leader in the future as Kofi Annan has been.

Insistance upon specifics at this stage, given the history of the relationship, may not be a very useful negotiating tactic.

I cannot help but wonder how many more people could have been saved had they been able to take their pets.

Today's announcement projects a picture of profound weakness in U.S. diplomacy. It should not have been a heavy lift for our diplomats in New York and in foreign capitals to recruit the necessary 96 affirmative votes to seat the United States in the new council.

Europe was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay.

40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight.

So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America’s high-tech companies as their Internet police.

Despite its enormous power and wealth, China’s ruling elite remains absolutely petrified that the free flow of information will undermine its political legitimacy, particularly among China’s younger generation.