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Eileen Barker Quotes

born 1938 Scotland

Eileen Vartan Barker OBE FBA (born 21 April 1938, in Edinburgh, UK) is a professor in sociology, an emeritus member of the London School of Economics (LSE), and a consultant to that institution's Centre for the Study of Human Rights. She is the chairperson and founder of the Information Network Focus on Religious Movements (INFORM) and has written studies about new religious movements.

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The rule of law is believed by most people to be “a good thing”—but that is only the case if the laws are just and fair laws and if they are followed honestly by legislators and implementers of the law, rather than being perverted by perverse motives.

The concept of world citizenship implies that all peoples, whatever their age, whatever their [sex], whatever their race, whatever their religion, belong equally to one great city—that of Planet Earth. Although we may differ in many respects, each of us is deserving of the respect of our brother and sister citizens. For better or for worse, the actions of one can affect the actions of others.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Eileen Barker (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.