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Peter Benenson Quotes

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Its the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and thats what matters  (Peter Benenson Quotes) Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice  (Peter Benenson Quotes) Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the candle in barbed wire. When I first lit the Amnesty candle, I had in mind the old Chinese proverb: ‘Better light a candle than curse the darkness.’  (Peter Benenson Quotes) Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.  (Peter Benenson Quotes) Pressure of opinion a hundred years ago brought about the emancipation of the slaves’  (Peter Benenson Quotes)