H.I.M. words concerning human rights

``Colonialism and the policy of racism impose soul searching questions of human
rights, weighing equally on the conscience of all men and nations of good-will. History amply
shows that the freedom enjoyed by the many becomes fragile when the denial, even to the few, of
basic humanrights is tolerated.
Our efforts as free men must be to establish new relationships, devoid of any  resentment and
hostility, restored to our belief and faith in ourselves as individuals, dealing
on a basis of equality with other equally free people.
We believe in cooperation and collaborration to promote the cause of
international security, the equality of man and the welfare of mankind.
We believe in the peaceful settlement of all disputes without resorting to force.
All well ordered and modern states can only base themselves upon Courts of
Justice and Conductof Laws which are just, correct and geared towards the protection of the rights
of individuals.Justice is a product of education.
Man's ingratitude to man is often manifested in willingness to relegate human
beings to the scrapheaps of life when they enter the twilight of their careers and younger
brains and stronger arms are found to replace them``

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