Human Rights Committee

Famous quotes containing the words human, rights and/or committee:

“Martha: “What is Autumn?” Jan: “A second spring, where the leaves imitate the flowers. Maybe it would be so too with human beings that you would see bloom if only you helped them with your patience.””
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)

“The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression.”
—French National Assembly. Declaration of the Rights of Man (drafted and discussed August 1789, published September 1791)

“A committee is an animal with four back legs.”
—John le Carré (b. 1931)