"A World Parliamentary Assembly functioning outside the United Nations, or a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly set up as a subsidiary body of the General Assembly pursuant to article 22 of the UN Charter, could start initially as a consultative body and gradually develop into a legislative assembly."

-- Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

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“Even when she walks one would believe that she dances.”
“I've never been able to feel that there is anything undignified about making your living by the sweat of your brow.”
“Fear, the strength of earth's religions, gripping every living soul, Was a monstrous human error for the making of men whole.”
“I enjoy the presence of a woman in the house for brief periods of time. They fall into two categories: the organizers and the slobs. Thereâ€™s probably a third categoryâ€”the naggers, who try to get you to do things, but Iâ€™ve never run into one of those. Oddly, I have no preference regarding oganizers or slobs, as long as they donâ€™t try to pick my clothes for me. Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees. It works fine if people stick to their fated roles. But nobody does.”
“The trade unions in the UK are campaigning around zero-hours contracts, which isn't about feminism, but it's a feminist issue. Women are affected by zero-hours contracts, and the recession has and is affecting women more than men.”
“Writing is a funny business. You sit in your room and listen to voices and write everything down. What kind of a profession is that?”
“The right of absolute and irresponsible dominion is the right of property, and the right of property is the right of absolute, irresponsible dominion. The two are identical; the one necessarily implying the other.”
“One meets and wakes you to vivid life in an immortal hour. Thousands could not do it through eternity.”

Source : Mary Hartwell Catherwood (2012). “Lazarre”, p.352, tredition

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