The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) (1966), together with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) (1948) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (1966),…
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration…
The Big List Of Quotes On Liberty
“Liberty” is the state of being free from external, often oppressive, restrictions, restraints, and/or constraints imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behaviors, or political views, so long as one’s way…
The Big List Of Quotes On Sovereignty
Today we consider the world of history’s great thinkers on sovereignty and the components of sovereignty, namely: territory, population, authority, and recognition. The Big List Of Quotes On Sovereignty is organized by…
What’s The Difference Between Sovereignty, Self-Sovereignty, Liberty, and Autonomy?
“Sovereignty” is a word the definition of which is often confused with “self-sovereignty”, “liberty”, and “autonomy”. While sovereignty, self-sovereignty, liberty, and autonomy are all related to freedom, each speaks to freedom in…
The Big List Of Quotes On Citizen Rights
Gathering from greats such as Aristotle, Montesquieu, Friedrich A. Hayek, and others, we come to a list of quotes on the topic of citizen rights that should serve as a guide to…
The Big List Of Quotes On Constitutional Law
“The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals. It is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people,…
The Big List Of Quotes On Justice
Gathering from greats such as Plato, Thomas Hobbes, Émile Durkheim, and others, we come to a list of quotes on the topic of justice that should serve as a guide to any…
The Big List Of Quotes From The Federalist Papers
‘The Federalist Papers’ were originally written by Jay, Madison, and Hamilton as a series of 85 essays, and published under the collective pseudonym “Publius”, in New York newspapers, between October 27, 1787…
The Big List Of Frederic Bastiat Quotes
“The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.” – Frédéric Bastiat ‘The Law’ By Frederic Bastiat Written at Mugron two years after the…