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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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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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Courage
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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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Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our childrens children, pure on their tongues, and free. – Anna Akhmatova

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Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. – François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1678

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I fear some of our leaders today have lost the courage to stand up. What we have now are politicians. They wont offer real plans, and only stand up when they want to blame someone else. – Susana Martinez

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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. – Winston Churchill

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