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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 08:48am on 2007-12-10

"What life has taught me
 I would like to share with
 Those who want to learn...
 
 
[...]
 
 That until the basic human rights are equally
 Guaranteed to all, without regard to race
 Dis a war
 
 That until that day
 The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship
 Rule of international morality
 Will remain in but a fleeting illusion
 To be persued, but never attained
 Now everywhere is war"

-- from "War", by Bob Marley, Catch a Fire, 1973

The speech Marley drew from for the lyrics to "War" was by Haile Selassie I, to the General Assembly of the United Nations, 1963-10-04:

[...] On the question of racial discrimination, the Ababa Conference taught, to those who will learn, this lesson: That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; that until there are no longer any first class and second class citizens of any nation; that until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; that until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all, without regard to race - - until that day, the dreams of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained. [...]
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