Representative democracy betrays the electorate when laws have no roots in the people but in oligarchies. Studies on the concept and modalities of direct democracy are therefore becoming more topical

The families of the killed and disappeared are entitled to the right to know what happened to their loved ones, and to adequate reparation for the suffering endured.

Education is necessary to unlearn privilege, unlearn exclusion, unlearn discrimination, unlearn prejudice, unlearn war.

You should not be subjected to the pressures, the intimidation, whether by Government or by the private sector, which would force you into self-censorship.

Democracy is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve the sacred promises of human dignity, justice and peace.

Without peace and the rule of law, civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights cannot be enjoyed, when killing, maiming and mutual poisoning prevail.

I condemn the lack of proper investigation of the massacres and the impunity of those responsible for them.

The diagnosis is clear, but changing the status quo has proven difficult, because often those who are elected do not govern, and those who do govern are not elected.

Democracy is not the end product, but the means to the end, which is the enjoyment of human rights by all.

The United Nations is the best hope to spare humanity from the barbarity of war, from the senseless death, destruction and dislocation it brings about.

It is time to reinvigorate the UN General Assembly so that it can exercise a more decisive role in peace-making and peace-keeping, consistent with the will of the international community.

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

Hardship is vanishing, but so is style, and the two are more closely connected than the present generation supposes.

The window shades have all been removed. Nighttime is now free to encroach.

Everyday people are not very good designers.

The coach is the team, and the team is the coach. You reflect each other.

Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the soul turns into love for God.

God shall be all in all.

I'm definitely not drawn to shooting on a stage, I'm just not.

Unless our souls had root in soil divine We could not bear earth's overwhelming strife. The fiercest pain that racks this heart of mine, Convinces me of everlasting life.

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