The amount of violations of human rights in a country is always an inverse function of the amount … - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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As our culture has become increasingly hostile to Christianity, it has become correspondingly open to wickedness.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

The amount of violations of human rights in a country is always an inverse function of the amount of complaints about human rights violations heard from there. The greater the number of complaints being aired, the better protected are human rights in that country.

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