“We got to get our democracy in order at home, but we can walk and chew gum at the same time. Two wrongs do not make a right.”

"Former U.S. Ambassador To Russia On The Arrest Of Russian Opposition Leader" in NPR https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/958120724/former-u-s-ambassador-to-russia-on-the-arrest-of-russian-opposition-leader (18 January 2021)

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