Charles Sumner: “Since Runnymede, there has been nothing of greater value to Human…”

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Since Runnymede, there has been nothing of greater value to Human Rights.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner claims that nothing since the signing of the Magna Carta has been as valuable to human rights as the current legislation.

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Charles Sumner: “Since Runnymede, there has been nothing of greater value to Human Rights.”