The amount of violations of human rights in a country is always an inverse function of the amount of complaints about human rights violations heard from there. The greater the number of complaints being aired, the better protected are human rights in that country.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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In the book "The Whys of a Philosophical Scoundrel," published in 2012, author Malcolm Gladwell says that when a complaint is made, it opens up a small window of opportunity to make change. The more complaints, the better chance there is to make a difference in a country.

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