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'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.


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"Freedom from fear" could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights
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STUART SHERMAN What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since t...
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GRAHAM WATSON So let us here resolve that Dag Hammarskjold did not live, or die, in vain. Let us call a truce to t...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY the message they we're fighting for freedom and human rights.
LECH WALESA The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of...
AI WEIWEI I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speec...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
IDA P. ROLF If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it.
PATRICK ROTHFUSS I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI A freedom of expression that destroys world peace is against basic human rights.
LIAQAT BALUCH Beware of life, it has a mysterious way to get you, when you breach the human rights of your fellow ...
DR.MOHAMMED FAIG ABAD ALRAZAK Many of us persons of the tinted persuasion care about human rights and artistic freedom too.
SALMAN RUSHDIE The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
AUNG SAN SUU KYI When we hide discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom,' we make a mockery of human right...
DASHANNE STOKES The whole humanity together must start working on focusing on reinforcing the elements of love and c...
ABHIJIT NASKAR Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom o...
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MARK ALLISON Human rights are indivisible. Freedom and security are not alternatives, they go hand-in-hand ... Mu...
GRAHAM WATSON They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
THOMAS BRACKETT REED They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.
THOMAS BRACKETT REED The base of this freedom is respect for human rights. And these nine channels are against humanity.
ELAINE XIE Pushing through fear was what eventually set you free.
MARTINA BOONE You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be...
SCOTT HOWARD PHILLIPS We are hopeful our nation's Fourth of July celebration this year will not be tarnished by the remova...
ARMANDO GUTIERREZ The government is really mixed up about this, to detain all the human rights activists during the vi...
HOU WENZHUO There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.
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DICK GREGORY As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people have been befuddled by the mysteries...
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MICHAEL IGNATIEFF It's not enough to have the feathers.

You must dare to fly!
CASS VAN KRAH The Commission on Human Rights has a serious responsibility to support people who have been deprived...
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DAG HAMMARSKJOLD If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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DAG HAMMARSKJOLD Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away...
DAG HAMMARSKJOLD Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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DAG HAMMARSKJOLD God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when...
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DAG HAMMARSKJOLD Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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DAG HAMMARSKJOLD He who has surrendered himself to it knows that the Way ends on the Cross -- even when it is leading...
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DAG HAMMARSKJOLD Tomorrow we shall meet,
Death and I -.
And he shall thrust his sword
Into one who is wide ...
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No...
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into the wilderness.
Few look for me. Few hear me.
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meeting of possibilities
calls itself I.

I ask: what am I doing...
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DAG HAMMARSKJöLD For all that has been,
Thank you.

For all that is to come,
Yes!
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