"Today's human rights violations are the causes of tomorrow's conflicts."

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Source : Mary Robinson (2010). “A Voice for Human Rights”, p.9, University of Pennsylvania Press

Mary Robinson

#Rights Quotes #Today Quotes #Causes Quotes

“I loved doing problems in school.”
“I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.”

Source : "HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Donnie Wahlberg Talks Guest Starring on USA’s Hit Series In Plain Sight!". eclipsemagazine.com. March 30, 2010.
“The more separated we become from the Earth, the more hostile we become to the feminine. We disown our passion, our creativity, and our sexuality. Eventually the Earth itself becomes a baneful place. I remember being told by a medicine woman in the Amazon, â€œDo you know why they are really cutting down the rain forest? Because it is wet and dark and tangled and feminine.”
“The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives of their country.”
“The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated.”
“He can best avoid a snare who knows how to set one.”
“But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.”
“I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'”

Source : "Lightning Fast Enlightenment: A Journey to the Secrets of Happiness". Book by Jordan S. Metzger, p. 9, 2000.

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