George Jellinek Quotes
The idea of legally establishing inalienable, inherent and sacred rights of the individual is not of political but religious origin.
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Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
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I am passionate about human rights.
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I'm an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.
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Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
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I love the medium and I love individual comics, but the business is nothing I would be proud of.
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Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will do: They'll sell in order to get a cash advance.
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You should be appeasing people as much as possible, not stigmatising them. The ban of the burkini puts into question people's individual freedoms.
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I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
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As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the millions of people who see the U.N.'s blue flag as a banner of hope. We have to continue our life-saving work in peacekeeping, human rights, development and humanitarian relief.
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Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing.
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I think the United Nations is a useful format to discuss matters, but I think it's a weak institution in being able to carry out matters and, in many respects even, it has been harmful on things like human rights.
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But the history of the changes produced by a universal idea is not a history of changes in the individual, but of changes brought about by the successive efforts of millions of individuals in the course of many generations.
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The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.
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I'm okay with anybody expressing their rights.
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The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.
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All things are parts of one single system, which is called nature; the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature.
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Persistence is the great measure of individual human character.
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The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.
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Who would have listened to his tales of woe when his love was the flickering lamp over his own decaying tomb?
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To the mediocre, mediocrity is a form of happiness.
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The idea of legally establishing inalienable, inherent and sacred rights of the individual is not of political but religious origin.
