"No country has a perfect report card. While some countries have strong points in specific areas, they may have serious lacunae in other areas. For instance, some countries have made enormous progress on civil and political rights, but lag in the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights."

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Source : Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, July 1, 2013.

Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

#Country Quotes #Strong Quotes #Rights Quotes

“It's our mortality that terrifies us, because what we're really seeking is immortality - that is, after all, a fool's errand.”
“I empathize with those who yearn for a simpler world, for some bygone golden age of domestic and international tranquility. But for the mass of humanity it is an age that never was.”
“A woman's hat is close to her heart, though she wears it on her head. It is her way of saying to the world: See this is what I am like-or this is what I would like to be.”

Source : Lilly Daché, Dorothy Roe Lewis (1946). “Talking Through My Hats”, Coward-McCann,inc.
“Be valyaunt, but not too venturous. Let thy attyre bee comely, but not costly.”
“If you are happy, you are a geezer.”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 21, 2012
“I don't think I've ever met nachos that I didn't like before. It's almost inconceivable that nachos can be bad. It makes no sense.”
“To love is to undress our names.”

Source : Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (1991). “The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987”, p.23, New Directions Publishing
“I've always thought my flowers had souls.”

Source : Myrtle Reed (1902). “Lavender and Old Lace”

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