US History B help?

"Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference for these societies which share with us an abiding respect for individual human rights. We do not seek to intimidate, but it is clear that a world which others can dominate with impunity [immunity] would be inhospitable to decency and a threat to the well-being of all people"

-Jimmy carter, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1977

How does the quotation reflect the views that carter brought to the US foreign policy during his presidency?

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US History B help?

"Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference for these societies which share with us an abiding respect for individual human rights. We do not seek to intimidate, but it is clear that a world which others can dominate with impunity [immunity] would be inhospitable to decency and a threat to the well-being of all people" 

-Jimmy carter, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1977 

How does the quotation reflect the views that carter brought to the US foreign policy during his presidency?

anonymous · Answer

He was sending a message to countries with dictators or dictatorial leadership that the U.S. would not be their friend.