"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin?……" — Eleanor Roosevelt

"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to homeso close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map ofthe world. Yet they are the world of the individual person: The neighborhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have littlemeaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world."

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