Slavery Convention

Famous quotes containing the words slavery and/or convention:

“I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly those who desire it for others. Whenever [I] hear anyone, arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“Mankind owes to the child the best it has to give.”
—United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989.