"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In
small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they
cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world
of the individual person; the neighborhood he lives in; the
school or college he attends; the factory, farm, or office where
he works. Such are the places where every man, woman, and child
seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without
discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they
have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action
to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress
in the larger world." -- Eleanor Roosevelt
(thanks
to miss_chance for pointing it out)