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Millions of people in nearly 80 countries still live in fear of landmines and explosive remnants of war, which take an unacceptable…
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The international community cannot accept that whole communities are marginalized because of the color of their skin. People of African descent are…
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Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death,…
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It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.
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I call on men and boys everywhere to join us. Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until all of…
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Nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious threats of our time. Even one such attack could inflict mass casualties and create…
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Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just world. Let us strengthen our efforts to…
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It has been said that knowledge is power. We need to strengthen education systems so that young people can benefit from cultural…
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You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity and widen…
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Now, more than ever, we need to connect the dots between climate, poverty, energy, food and water. These issues cannot be addressed…
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Three decades into this crisis, let us set our sights on achieving the "three zeros" zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and…
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Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus that no…
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I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am…
— John James Audubon
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I know firsthand that many employers who comply with other labor standards still hire the undocumented. Many businesses pay the minimum wage…
— Unknown Author
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Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are…
— H. L. Mencken
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It is a very grave matter to be forced to imitate a people for whom you know-which is the price of your…
— James A. Baldwin
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I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Science says: 'We must live,' and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable,…
— Miguel de Unamuno
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We need to regularly stop and take stock; to sit down and determine within ourselves which things are worth valuing and which…
— Epictetus
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Every spoken word double-crosses us. The only tolerable form of communication is the written word, since it isn't a stone in a…
— Fernando Pessoa
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You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You're just naked. You put yourself in harm's way…
— Mary Doria Russell
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Those who have a tolerable knowledge of human nature will not stand in need of such lights.
— Alexander Hamilton
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You have not been mistaken in supposing my views and feeling to be in favor of the abolition of war. Of my…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I felt a rush of trust--felt that life might be not just tolerable but beautiful, if I could only remember to find…
— David James
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