"The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being."

Being, Nations, States, United

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"The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being."

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"There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"I have the handicap of being born with a special language to which I alone have the key."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

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