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Improving "Respect" for "Humanity and Individuals" as PERSON(S). Much to ponder ... if one cares to explore. (1). Tory Samuel Johnson twitted" "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of others?" “To contend for liberty and to deny that blessing to others,” (2). John Jay wrote, “involves an inconsistency not to be excused.” Nathaniel Niles put it succinctly: “For shame, let us either cease our fellow-men, or else let us cease to complain of those that would enslave us.” (3). James Otis found another thread in the argument when he wrote, “It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men’s liberty, will soon care little for their own.” _______________________________________________________ This premise is equally so, "Global" "Race prejudice seems stronger in those states that have abolished than in those where it still exists, and nowhere is it more intolerant than in those states where was never known." Alexis De Tocqueville, “Democracy in America” The world can learn much, if it seeks to learn more... and respect for the humanity of other, may flourish as a value point across the world. |
