Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, cl…

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Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt, Allida Mae Black (2013). Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt, p.190, Columbia University Press
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Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home. ✨ Eleanor Roosevelt, Allida Mae Black (2013). Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt, p.190, Columbia University Press

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