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> [The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/the-single-outstanding-exception-was-the-broad-yet-precise-mandate/)

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> [As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/as-a-consequence-of-these-hesitations-and-of-the-vague-character-of/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

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> [In less than eighteen months, it prepared a first draft which it submitted to the General Assembly and which, at the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/in-less-than-eighteen-months-it-prepared-a-first-draft-which-it/)

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## Other authors on General

## More by Rene Cassin

> [The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/the-only-compensation-gained-through-the-influence-of-nongovernmental/)

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> [The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/the-single-outstanding-exception-was-the-broad-yet-precise-mandate/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the point where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/the-implementation-measures-of-both-covenants-but-especially-those-of/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/as-a-consequence-of-these-hesitations-and-of-the-vague-character-of/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/and-as-a-child-i-was-filled-with-passionate-admiration-for-acts-of/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects of the first importance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/similarly-the-problem-of-the-rights-of-the-state-in-the-disposition/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in the list of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/as-corollaries-to-the-right-of-every-individual-to-life-and-to-full/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [The other salient characteristic of the Declaration is its universality: it applies to all human beings without any discrimination whatever; it also applies to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/the-other-salient-characteristic-of-the-declaration-is-its/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [How is it that, once victory took form and the horrible spectacle of the extermination camps was revealed, we could have shamelessly broken the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/how-is-it-that-once-victory-took-form-and-the-horrible-spectacle-of/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [I shall confess at the outset that it was only shortly after the beginning of this century that I entered active life - with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/i-shall-confess-at-the-outset-that-it-was-only-shortly-after-the/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/as-a-privileged-survivor-of-the-first-world-war-i-hope-i-may-be/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [The exploitation of women, mass hunger, disregard for freedom of conscience and for freedom of speech, widespread and racial discrimination all these evils are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/the-exploitation-of-women-mass-hunger-disregard-for-freedom-of/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together, in order to support those statesmen who had truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/we-were-thus-led-to-organize-ourselves-as-men-who-had-fought-the-war/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [In less than eighteen months, it prepared a first draft which it submitted to the General Assembly and which, at the end of one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/in-less-than-eighteen-months-it-prepared-a-first-draft-which-it/)

[Rene Cassin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-cassin/)

> [The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain categories of men: national minorities and populations of territories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-cassin/the-covenant-of-the-league-of-nations-had-envisaged-sponsoring-only/)

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