"Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates."

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Source : "UN Women Head Michelle Bachelet: ‘Gender Equality Is Good Business’". Interview with Elisabeth Braw, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 19, 2012.

Michelle Bachelet

#Rights Quotes #Culture Quotes #Violence Quotes

“When it seems like that's all there is, remember all you have in Him.”
“Part of my life is saving life.”

Source : "Hero of the Cambodian 'Killing Fields', Dith Pran, dies of cancer at 65", www.dailymail.co.uk. March 31, 2008.
“This planet is for everyone, borders are for no one. It's all about freedom.”

Source : Benjamin Zephaniah (2011). “Refugee Boy”, p.124, Bloomsbury Publishing
“We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.”
“Never to be cast away are the gifts of the gods, magnificent, which they give of their own will, no man could have them for wanting them.”
“The main emotion of the adult American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment.”
“Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was accelerating.”
“I kicked a boy in the shins in second grade for making fun of my father.”

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