Liberty does not consist in
mere declarations of the
rights of man. It consists in the
translation of those
declarations into definite action.
-Woodrow
Wilson
Address
July 4, 1914
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Where, after all, do universal
rights begin? In small places, close
to home – so close and so small
that they cannot be seen on any
maps of the world. Yet they are
the worlds of the individual person;
the neighborhood he lives in; the
school or college he attends; the
factory, farm, or office where he
works. Such are the places where
every man, woman, and child seeks
equal justice, equal opportunity,
equal dignity without discrimination.
Unless these rights have meaning
there, they have little meaning
anywhere. Without concerned citizen
action to uphold them close to home,
we shall look in vain for progress
in the larger world.
-Eleanor
Roosevelt,
The Great Question, 1958
