"The basis of peace and stability, in any society, has to be the fullest respect for the human rights of all its people."

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Source : John Hume's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1998.

John Hume

#Peace Quotes #Rights Quotes #People Quotes

“The desert came into view ... sand and palm trees, a way of life that revolved around human beings without possessions or skills, who had to rely on their imaginations to contrive a way of making their hearts beat faster or even to keep them at a normal pace; to search unaided for a hidden gleam of light, and to live with two seasons a year instead of four.”

Source : Hanan Al-Shaykh (2010). “Women of Sand and Myrrh”, p.352, A&C Black
“There are a variety of ways in which a wedge is driven between the reality of the world outside, the motion of atoms, and our conception of what is there. Some of it has to do with what we're told, some of it to do with sensibilities that might be described as cultural, some of it to do with habit, some to do with heuristics we, as Homo sapiens, invoke because we cannot do otherwise - to name just a few of the impediments.”
“Printing and transporting paper is very expensive, and e-books eliminate the expensive four-color printing, the higher quality paper, the ocean shipping, the customs clearance, the inventory, answering the telephone, writing up the orders, picking, packing and shipping and managing all of these functions. So we eliminate a huge number of costs and the chance that those books won't sell.”

Source : "The Future Of Children's Books". "All Things Considered" with Mary Louise Kelly, www.npr.org. February 18, 2012.
“I believe our country is strong enough to be criticized.”
“In my address last year, I spoke on the issue of gaming. My preference then is my preference now: to keep gaming within its existing contours, but to explore a better deal for all Minnesotans.”
“My grandfather always said a sudden shiver meant someone had just stepped on the spot where your grave would be.”
“Persecution on racial and religious grounds has absolutely no place in a nation given over to liberty.”
“The pleasures of spring are available to everybody and cost nothing.”

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