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"What does it profit a man to gain the world and to lose his soul"?
People should not be afraid of their governments; governments should be afraid of their people
He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool - shun him."
"He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple - teach him."
"He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep - wake him."
"He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise - follow him.
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than
those who falsely believe they are free."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
THESE ARE YOUR UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS
1. We are all free and equal. We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas. We should all be treated in the same way.
2. Don't discriminate. These rights belong to everybody, whatever our differences.
3. The right to life. We all have the right to life, and to live in freedom and safety.
4. Slavery -- past and present. Nobody has any right to make us a slave. We cannot make anyone our slave.
5. Torture. Nobody has any right to hurt us or to torture us for information or anything else.
6. We all have the same right to use the law. I am a human being just like you!
7. We are all protected by the law. The law is the same for everyone. It must treat us all fairly.
8. Fair treatment by fair courts. We can all ask for the law to help us when we are not treated fairly.
9. Unfair detainment. Nobody has the right to put us in prison without a good reason and keep us there, or to send us away from our country.
10. The right to trial. If we are put on trial this should be in public. The people who try us should not let anyone tell them what to do.
11. Innocent until proven guilty. Nobody should be blamed for doing something until it is proven. When people say we did a bad thing we have the right to show it is not true.
12. The right to privacy. Nobody should try to harm our good name. Nobody has the right to come into our home, open our letters, bother us or harm our family.
13. Freedom to move. We all have the right to go where we want in our own country and to travel as we wish.
14. The right to asylum. If we are frightened of being badly treated in our own country, we all have the right to defend ourselves or run away to another country to be safe.
15. The right to a nationality. We all have the right to belong to a country and defend it if we choose so.
16. Marriage and family. Every adult has the right to marry and have a family if they want to. Men and women have the same rights when they are married, and when they are separated.
17. Your own things. Everyone has the right to own things or share them. Nobody should take our things from us without a good reason.
18. Freedom of thought. We all have the right to believe in what we want to believe, to have a religion, or to change it if we want as long as its benevolent.
19. Free to say what you want. We all have the right to make up our own minds, to think what we like, to say what we think, and to share our ideas with other people for the better.
20. Meet where you like. We all have the right to meet our friends and to work together in peace to defend our rights. Nobody can make us join a group if we don't want to.
21. The right to democracy. We all have the right to take part in the government of our country. The people should be allowed to choose their own leaders.
22. The right to social security. We all have the right to affordable housing, medicine, education, and child care, enough money to live on and medical help if we are ill or old.
23. Workers' rights. Every grown-up has the right to a job, to a fair wage for their work, and to join a trade union.
24. The right to play. We all have the right to rest from work, to relax and enjoy life.
25. A bed and some food. We all have the right to a good life. Mothers and children, people who are old, unemployed or disabled, and all people have the right to be cared for.
26. The right to education. Education is a right. Primary school should be free. We should learn about the government and United Nations and how to respect other nationalities of people. Our parents can choose what we learn.
27. Culture and copyright. Copyright is a special law that protects one's own artistic creations and writings; others cannot make copies without permission. We all have the right to our own way of life and to enjoy the good things that "art," science and learning bring.
28. A free and fair world. There must be proper and humane order so we can all enjoy rights and freedoms in our own country and all over the world.
29. Our responsibilities. We have a duty to other people, and we should protect their rights and freedoms and hold no obligation to any person of authority.
30. Nobody or even any government cannot take away these rights and freedoms from us. If ever threatened you reserved the right to defend them at all costs.