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Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

"The French Revolution - Volume 1"

By virtue of these two articles
worship, speech, and the press may be made subject to the most
repressive restrictions, etc.
[38] The International Bill of Human Rights of 1948 is quite
different from the one approved in 1789. In 1948 there is no more
any mention of any "right to resistance to oppression", there is a
softening of the position on the right of property and new rights,
to free education, to a country, to rest and leisure, to a high
standard of health and to an adequate standard of living have been
introduced. (SR.)
[39] Stalin and his successors organized such a system of "clubs"
world-wide which even today remain active as "protectors" of the
environment, refugees, prisoners, animals and the environment.
(SR.)
[40] Buchez and Roux , XI. 237. (Speech by Malouet in relation to
the revision, August 5, 1791.) "You constantly tempt the people with
sovereignty without giving them the immediate use of it."
[41] Decrees of September 25 - October 6, 1791; September 28 -
October 6, 1791.


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