Universal human rights are intrinsically radical in espousing liberty, equality and fraternity for every single person. We must claim them.
Like all great manifestos, this one not only dazzles with the sheer brilliance of its diagnosis of the contemporary world; it also gives us a new moral vocabulary in which to phrase our aspirations for political and economic change. And it is no accident that it should appear as, starting with the Green Movement in Iran and the Arab Spring, a new politics of dignity becomes visible around the world. Everyone should read it. ~ Pankaj Mishra, essayist and novelist.
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