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from 30 june 2002 blue vol II #39 |
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Norman Cousins:
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from 30 june 2002 blue vol II #39 |
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Norman Cousins:
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If there is a conflict between the security of the sovereign state and the security of the human commonwealth, the human commonwealth comes first.
If there is a conflict between the well-being of the nation and the well-being of mankind, the well-being of mankind comes first. If there is a conflict between the needs of this generation and the needs of later generations, the needs of the later generations come first. If there is conflict between the rights of the state and the rights of man, the rights of man come first. The state justifies its existence only as it serves and safeguards the rights of man. If there is a conflict between public edicts and private conscience, private conscience comes first. If there is a conflict between the easy drift of prosperity and the ordeal of peace, the ordeal of peace comes first. Norman Cousins, A Matter of Life, 1963
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