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Peter Benenson Quotes






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Its the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and thats what matters (Peter Benenson Quotes)
Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice (Peter Benenson Quotes)
Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the candle in barbed wire. When I first lit the Amnesty candle, I had in mind the old Chinese proverb: ‘Better light a candle than curse the darkness.’ (Peter Benenson Quotes)
Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government. (Peter Benenson Quotes)
Pressure of opinion a hundred years ago brought about the emancipation of the slaves’ (Peter Benenson Quotes)