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Friday, 7 November 2008

Human Rights: Right Minds Think Alike

Thought it'd be great to share the words of some well known figures on human rights...

"Human rights must be made a fact, not an idealistic
dream
."

- L. Ron Hubbard


"
Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.
It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity
of man
."

- Mohandas K. Gandhi


"
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere
."

- Martin Luther King Jr.


"
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death
your right to say it
."

- Francois Marie de Voltaire


"
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness
."

-
US Declaration of Independence written primarily by Thomas
Jefferson


Come December 10, it'd mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but such values seem to skip the minds of governments not fully implementing the UDHR

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