"By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein."

-- Carol Bellamy

#Rights Quotes #Government Quotes #Conventions Quotes

“What an amazing and sacred place [Israel] to end the tour”
“The wise man seeks little joys, knowing that life is long and that his quota of great joys is distinctly limited.”
“I'm more concerned with bad guys who got out and released than I am with a few that in fact were innocent.”
“Some claim evolution is just a theory. As if it were merely an opinion. The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact. Evolution really happened. Accepting our kinship with all life on Earth is not only solid science. In my view, itâ€™s also a soaring spiritual experience.”
“I soon discovered, after I became chairman of the NEH, that, for a number of academics, the truth was not merely irrelevant - it no longer existed.”
“I love spicy food, love it. But wasabi is just painful.”

Source : "Getting to Know: Devon Werkheiser" by Audrey Fine, www.seventeen.com. November 6, 2007.
“This is making me crazy. I hate relying on other people to save me, I hate being clingy, I hate it, and every time you show up, I lean on you. - Matilda Scarlet Veronica Betty Vilma Goodnight”
“Word books traditionally focus on unusual and quirky items. They tend to ignore the words that provide the skeleton of the language, without which it would fall apart, such as 'and' and 'what,' or words that provide structure to our conversation, such as 'hello.”

You may also like:

Ann Veneman
Former United States Secretary of Agriculture
Catherine Bertini
Professor
Emmanuelle Beart
Film actress
Geeta Rao Gupta
John F. Kennedy
35th U.S. President
Margaret Mead
Cultural Anthropologist
Thoraya Obaid
Vikram Pandit
Executive
Ellen Pao