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And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly…
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As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute…
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The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain categories of men: national minorities and populations…
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As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in the list…
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The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and…
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I shall confess at the outset that it was only shortly after the beginning of this century that I entered active life…
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The exploitation of women, mass hunger, disregard for freedom of conscience and for freedom of speech, widespread and racial discrimination all these…
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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…
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How is it that, once victory took form and the horrible spectacle of the extermination camps was revealed, we could have shamelessly…
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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…
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Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects of the…
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The implementation measures of both Covenants, but especially those of the Covenant concerning civil and political rights, were considerably weakened to the…
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One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit.
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When the environment makes gender salient, there is a ripple effect on the mind. We start to think of ourselves in terms…
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Orthodoxy is idolatry if it means holding the 'correct opinions about God' - 'fundamentalism' is the most extreme and salient example of…
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The three salient features of love are: Where there is love, there is no question. Where there is love, there is no…
— Harbhajan Singh Yogi
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A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular…
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Experience is valuable only if it's imbued with meaning from which one can draw salient conclusions. Otherwise, experience becomes imprisoning.
— Barry McCaffrey
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Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest of Negro Fraternities, with all of its members presumably far above the average American and having a…
— Jewel
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