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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Become Children Citizens Education Equality Everyone Few Fundamental Good Good Citizens How Human Just Lifts Out People Poverty Privileged Right Teaches

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Freedom is a timeless value. The United Nations Charter calls for encouraging respect for fundamental freedoms. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights mentions freedom more than twenty times. All countries have committed to protecting individual freedoms on paper - but in practice, too many break their pledge.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Break Calls Charter Committed Countries Declaration Encouraging Freedom Freedoms Fundamental Human Human Rights Individual Many More Nations Paper Pledge Practice Protecting Respect Rights Than Timeless Times Too Twenty United United Nations Universal Value

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I am disturbed by how states abuse laws on Internet access. I am concerned that surveillance programmes are becoming too aggressive. I understand that national security and criminal activity may justify some exceptional and narrowly-tailored use of surveillance. But that is all the more reason to safeguard human rights and fundamental freedoms.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Abuse Access Activity Aggressive Am Becoming Concerned Criminal Disturbed Exceptional Freedoms Fundamental How Human Human Rights Internet Justify Laws May More National National Security Programmes Reason Rights Safeguard Security Some States Surveillance Too Understand Use I Am

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We have reached a new milestone as a human family. With seven billion of us now inhabiting our planet, it is time to ask some fundamental questions. How can we provide a dignified life for ourselves and future generations while preserving and protecting the global commons - the atmosphere, the oceans and the ecosystems that support us?

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Ask Atmosphere Billion Commons Dignified Ecosystems Family Fundamental Future Future Generations Generations Global How Human Life Milestone New Now Oceans Our Our Planet Ourselves Planet Preserving Protecting Provide Questions Reached Seven Some Support Time Us While

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True security is based on people's welfare - on a thriving economy, on strong public health and education programmes, and on fundamental respect for our common humanity. Development, peace, disarmament, reconciliation and justice are not separate from security; they help to underpin it.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Based Common Development Disarmament Economy Education Fundamental Health Help Humanity Justice Our Peace People Programmes Public Public Health Reconciliation Respect Security Separate Strong Thriving True Welfare

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All women and girls have the fundamental right to live free of violence. This right is enshrined in international human rights and humanitarian law. And it lies at the heart of my UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Against All Women Campaign End Free Fundamental Girl Heart Human Human Rights Humanitarian International Law Lies Live Right Rights Unite Violence Women Women And Girls

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With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'.

~Barbara Boxer

Topics: Balance Best Changed Dice Enough Expect Fundamental Fundamental Rights Good Hanging His Hoping Many Nominee Not Good Enough Our Past President Rights Roll Simply Think Views

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I always wanted to be an experimental physicist and was attracted to the idea of using continuing advances in technology to carry out fundamental science experiments that could not be done otherwise.

~Barry Barish

Topics: Advances Always Attracted Carry Continuing Could Done Experimental Experiments Fundamental Idea Otherwise Out Physicist Science Technology Using Wanted

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The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Agriculture Arises Crisis Die Energy Environmental Essential Fault Fundamental Industry Make Our People Production Sick Systems Transportation

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The fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that a screenplay is a completely different way of storytelling, and it has limitations.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Adapt Book Different Different Way Difficulty Face Fundamental Limitations Most Novelists Own Realizing Screenplay Storytelling Trying Way

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