More generally, we agree with Obama that “in the long run we...cannot keep...safe unless we enlist the power of our most fundamental values,” and that “we uphold our most cherished values not only because doing so is right, but because it strengthens [us] and keeps us safe.” The experience of European democracies confronted with a long-term terrorist threat shows that human rights and the rule of law are our strongest assets.
在更大意义上，我们赞同奥巴马关于“在长远来说我们将……难以维护……自己的安全，除非我们能从自身最基本的价值观上汲取力量，”而“我们秉承这些最珍视的价值观的原因，并不仅仅是因为这样做是对的，而是由于它能令我们更强大，并维护我们的安全。”在这方面，欧洲民主国家与恐怖主义威胁长期斗争的经验告诉我们，人权和法治这两项价值观是我们最有力的武器，同时也是恐怖分子殚精竭虑要破坏的东西。