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What a world this will be when human possibilities are freed, when we discover each other, when the stranger is no longer the potential criminal and the certain inferior! ”
Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage ground. ”
A human body is a conversation going on, both within the cells and between the cells, and they're telling each other to grow and to die; when you're sick, something's gone wrong with that conversation. ”
Without a dog, you'll be without at least one creature who thinks you are the smartest, most decent and heroic human being on the planet. ”
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. ”
Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms. ”
No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights. ”
Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this. As never before, it is vital to unite forces of the entire world community against terror. ”
We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole. ”
I used to always fight for human rights. I still fight for Leonard Peltier, who's spent 35 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. ”