“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that 'if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression', human rights should be protected by the rule of law. That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.” IfsMenShouldMindHumansWould BeLastsLawPeaceSilenceRightsSecurityUniversalFoundationHuman RightsTyrannyOppressionOppositionRebellionDeniedProtectedDeclarationCompelledAssuranceResortsRule Of LawRecoursePeace And SecurityClosed MindDeclaration Of Human Rights Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“every frontier is doomed to produce an opposition beyond it. Nothing short of the universal can build the unfenced peace.” PeaceProduceUniversalOppositionDoomedFrontiers Book:Ionia: A Quest Source: Ionia: A Quest
“The government and the opposition need to think about their people, if they actually went out and saw the conditions in which their people are living, it might actually mean that they would pause and think again about the importance of peace.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsMeanGovernmentMightPeaceSawsConditionsImportanceOppositionPauses Author:Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
“The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war and they are screened at once from scrutiny. . . . In war, then, as in peace, assert the freedom of speech and of the press. Cling to this as the bulwark of all our rights and privileges.” IfsShouldHas BeensWarCountryPeaceRightsCrySpeechPressesPrivilegeLibertarianDoctrineOppositionSentimentsRulersFreedom Of SpeechUnworthyScrutinyFree CountryRights And Privileges Author:William Ellery Channing
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.” ThinkingWarSoulAmericaDiesPeaceTeachingOppositionAnti WarAntiwarLoyalDissentPeace WarMake Peace Not WarPeace Not WarDisloyaltyDisloyal Author:Edward R. Murrow
“The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated.” ShouldHas BeensWarCountryPeaceLibertyCryLibertarianOppositionSentimentsAnti WarAntiwarUnworthyFree Country Author:William Ellery Channing
“The law of violence is not a law, but a simple fact which can only be a law when it does not meet with protest and opposition. It is like the cold, darkness and weight, which people had to put up with until recently when warmth, illumination and leverage were discovered.” PeopleDoeFactsLawPeaceSimpleDarknessViolenceColdWeightOppositionProtestWarmthIlluminationUbuntu Book:A Confession and Other Religious Writings Source: A Confession and Other Religious Writings