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“But tradition and law are not the source of man's equality; They only acknowledge its presence as a fact of nature. The Declaration of Independence speaks of men as created equal -- created, not born; it seems likely that its authors intended to express their conviction, today verified by science, that humanity is conferred by human parents at conception. 'All men are created free and equal,' we say with those Founding Fathers.”

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Book:The Death Peddlers War on the Unborn
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“For just as it is impossible for anyone to be any more or less human at any stage of his own existence, so it is impossible for him to be either more or less human than any other human being. Thus, in essentials the unborn child is the same as you and I, differing from us only in such non-essentials as size and ability, even as you and I differ from each other without lessening the humanity of either. So it is in recognition of their common and invisible humanity that we say all men are equal, subordinating to that equality all the differences in degree between one person and another. And it is because of their common humanity, with its attendant dignity and uniqueness, that we say men may not be used as a means to an end, may not be enslaved or otherwise exploited, may not be killed for the sake of expediency. In the light of this understanding of equality, it is impossible to justify the abortion movement, which would make the differences of the unborn child the basis for denying him the equal protection of the law. If lack of maturity makes him expendable, in principle there is nothing to prevent our declaring that other deficiencies make other persons expendable. Our enslavement of the blacks resulted from just such a denial of their full humanity. The Nazi atrocities resulted from calling an entire people defective by birth. The early settlers of Australia systematically shot the Aborigines for the land and resources they coveted. Defining preborn children out of the human race is no less illogical and callous.”

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Book:The Death Peddlers War on the Unborn
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“I believe peace, when properly defined, is the first fundamental human right that makes all other rights possible. The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, to use the examples enshrined as ‘unalienable rights’ in the US Constitution, will remain forever out of reach in the absence of peace.”

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Book:Peace in the Age of Chaos : The Best Solution For A Sustainable Future
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“Si je cherche dans mes souvenirs ceux qui m'ont laissé un goût durable, si je fais le bilan des heures qui ont compté, à coup sûr je retrouve celles que nulle fortune ne m'eût procurées. On n'achète pas l'amitié d'un Mermoz, d'un compagnon que les épreuves vécues ensemble ont lié à nous pour toujours. Cette nuit de vol et ses cent mille étoiles, cette sérénité, cette souveraineté de quelques heures, l'argent ne les achète pas. Cet aspect neuf du monde après l'étape difficile, ces arbres, ces fleurs, ces femmes, ces sourires fraîchement colorés par la vie qui vient de nous être rendue à l'aube, ce concert de petites choses qui nous récompensent, l'argent ne les achète pas.”

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Book:Wind, Sand and Stars
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“La pente qui mène à la source est à pic, très à pic. Pour descendre y puiser de l'eau, il y a l'ascenseur, l'escalier, l'échelle ou la corde. Les richissimes prennent l'ascenseur, les riches prennent l'escalier, les gens de la classe moyenne prennent l'échelle, et les pauvres prennent la corde. Quand l'ascenseur est en panne, les richissimes paient les pauvres pour qu'ils leur rapportent de l'eau. En utilisant la corde, bien sûr. Les richissimes ne prennent jamais la corde. Sauf pour pendre les pauvres. Si tout le monde avait le choix entre l'ascenseur, l'escalier, l'échelle ou la corde, là, et seulement là, nous pourrions dire qu'il y a justice.”

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