Quote by Rene Cassin
And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family. – Rene Cassin

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As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace. – Rene Cassin

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Peace
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The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the Charter of Human Rights which the San Francisco Conference had not had the time or the courage to draw up. – Rene Cassin

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There can be a fundamental gulf of gracelessness in a human heart which neither our love nor our courage can bridge. – Patrick Campbell

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Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it. – Pablo Casals

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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. – Ambrose Bierce

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Courage is a love affair with the unknown. – Osho

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