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It Seems to Me: Selected Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt - Page 2
by Leonard C. Schlup
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Citizenship for You

Bhavini Algarra, Julie Easy - 2002 - 132 pages
...for everything and to every human being. ' SOURCE B Fyodor Dostoyevsky 'Where do human rights begin - in small places close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on a map of the world. ' Eleanor Roosevelt 1 Give an example of how we are responsible for what happens...
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Secret Spaces of Childhood

Elizabeth Goodenough - 2003 - 384 pages
...Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love, 1373 Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so...that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Eleanor Roosevelt, address to the United Nations, 1958 I was lolling with my six-year-old son Will...
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The Evolution of International Human Rights: Visions Seen

Paul Gordon Lauren - 2003 - 418 pages
...in which they truly believe. As she observed: Where, after all, do universal human rights hegin- 1n small places, close to home — so close and so small...that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet thev ARE the world of the individual persons: the neighhorhood . . . , the school or college ....
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And I Quote, Revised Edition: The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings ...

Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - 2003 - 552 pages
...— Alex Quaison-Sackey, on UN representation • Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world. — Eleanor Roosevelt • I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth,...
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International Labour Rights and the Social Clause: Friends Or Foes

Arne Daniel Albert Vandaele - 2005 - 959 pages
...Roosevelt observed for the matter of human rights law: Where after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person: the neighbourhood he lives in; the...
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Rights In The Home

Emma Haughton, Penny Clarke - 2005 - 46 pages
...and our responsibility toward upholding them when she said: "Where, after all, do human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so...that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world." She was a member of the committee that first drew up the UDHR. And she recognized that rights need...
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Where Human Rights Begin: Health, Sexuality, and Women in the New Millennium

Wendy Chavkin, Ellen Chesler - 2005 - 332 pages
...Queen. New York: Scribner. Conclusion WENDY CHAVKIN "Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home — so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world . . . unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without...
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Should Mexico Hold Veto Power Over U.S. Border Security Decisions ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 2006 - 224 pages
...ago, asked and answered the following question: "Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person: the neighborhood he lives in; the...
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International Human Rights Law: An Introduction

David S. Weissbrodt, Connie de la Vega - 2007 - 452 pages
...life. She expressed this principle eloquently when she said: Where do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home. So close and so small...that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighbourhood he lives in; the school or college...
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Genocide and the Rule of Law: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law - 2007 - 132 pages
...of the international human rights movement, famously said: "Where do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home. So close and so small...that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the school or college...
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