Binding Quote by John Charles Polanyi

The Universal Declaration... as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations...it not only crystallizes the political thought of our times…

— Dag Hammarskjold

The other salient characteristic of the Declaration is its universality: it applies to all human beings without any discrimination whatever; it also applies to…

— Rene Cassin

The Universal Declaration of Human rights is a transformational document that recognizes the inherent dignity and equal rights of all people.

— Ned Lamont

The Declaration is a magnificent document.

— Paul Gillmor

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights... stands as a landmark achievement in the history of human liberty.

— George W. Bush

We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind,…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

The Declaration of Independence to which these great men affixed their signatures is much more than a political document. It constitutes a spiritual manifesto-revel…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The metaphysical image that a definite epoch forges of the world has the same structure as what the world immediately understands to be appropriate…

— Carl Schmitt

A philosophical attempt to work out a universal history according to a natural plan directed to achieving the civic union of the human race…

— Immanuel Kant

We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind.…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people.

— Jacque Fresco

The EU Constitution is something new in human history. Though it is not as eloquent as the French and U.S. constitutions, it is the…

— Jeremy Rifkin