And children have greater need of these universal values than adults do.

Perhaps democracy and freedom are not really universal values, some will say.

"There are universal values that I will fight for," he says.

The world needs governance that is based on universal values.

They have demonstrated that democracy and human rights can be universal values.

It is for Europe not only to be a commercial power but also to bear universal values and spread them around the world.

For we are all, whatever our social position, essentially judged by the same universal values.

What we expect is a minimum acceptance of universal values.

He is widely contributing to the today's political discussions with the focus on universal values and human development.

The novel's central theme is that man's most basic universal values are freedom, love, hope, and finally life.

She thought that here the universal values of peace, freedom and equality were respected.

A. Lasting trust is built on universal values and leadership traits.

These people are arguing for universal values in their compatriots' interest.

And this is not just because these are universal values, although we do believe that the desire for freedom exists everywhere in the world.

These positions, he wrote, betrayed the intellectuals' commitment to universal values.

The narrative is based on universal values using a clear style that brings the story very close to fiction.

The search for universal values as a basis for international commercial behaviour.

I would be pleased to engage in a one-on-one debate on universal values.

The legitimacy of a legal order based on universal values and respect for all persons at this point became more apparent.

Such things are not acceptable because we have our laws and our universal values.

Wholesale changes are also required within the Israeli leadership, which must respect the universal values laid down by law.

"The school is a place where we share universal values of freedom, equality and fraternity" says a teacher in this book.

At the same time, however, universal values such as human rights must not be used as weapons in our political battles.

His approach, later named cultural relativism, resists universal values of any kind.

"It is especially in times of crisis that governments must demonstrate their adherence to these universal values," she said.