“Why should we be denied basic human rights just because we’ve messed up our relationships?” — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
If you don't want women to do whatever they need to do then you must provide them with food, you must provide… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
It is ironic that American women now need to be fortified by the inspiration of the women of the Arab Spring, who… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
We do need great change in Burma. We are trying to build a new society, a society where basic human rights are… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I do not want to be associated with those that are willing to support undermining the basic human rights that socialists have… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
Korra and Aang ultimately stand for freedom, equality, and basic human rights, and I think Mike and I are fine with pushing… — Bryan Konietzko Copy Share Image
The basic human rights documents-the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man-were written by political, not… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
“. The understanding that what is good supports basic human rights and anything that threatens it is bad. We do not need… — Al Stefanelli Copy Share Image
Old ideas die hard. We've had thousands of years of women having almost no rights. Parts of the world are in a… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
“In the words of human rights scholar Max Stackhouse, “Intellectual honesty demands recognition of the fact that what passes as ‘secular,’ ‘Western’… — Paul Copan Copy Share Image
Beyond the U.S. and E.U., Britain should deepen ties with the Commonwealth and the rising powers of Asia and Latin America -… — Dominic Raab Copy Share Image
I'm not a feminist,' some women say sternly as they march off to work where equal opportunity legislation protects them ... Women… — Kaz Cooke Copy Share Image
I have great confidence in Taiwan's democracy. I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights, and I… — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
“When we hear people referred to as animals or aliens, we should immediately wonder, “Is this an attempt to reduce someone’s humanity… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged… — Linda Chavez Copy Share Image
Our constitution should be inspired by the philosophy of the Koran with principles that are set in stone and not open to… — Basmah bint Saud Copy Share Image
I come out of the environment of the Deep South, where I had seen the millstone of racial discrimination weighting down my… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“It is not that difficult to understand and differentiate between our said rights and our assumption that we solely own them. (...)… — Claudys Kantara Copy Share Image
“The norm which the society at large has set today categorically is in the form of preventive measures to be clasped within… — Henrietta Newton Martin Copy Share Image
“[T]here are some human rights that are so deep that we can't negotiate them away. I mean people do heinous, terrible things.… — Sister Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
“The Declaration of Independence, Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, and Martin Luther King's 'Letter from the Birmingham Jail' all have their metaphysical… — Scott Klusendorf Copy Share Image
“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war. And… — Haile Selassie I Copy Share Image
That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
“According to the logic of that old, deluded world, freedom means being at liberty to come and go as we please. Such… — Clark Strand Copy Share Image
“A pompous, arrogant, narcissistic intellectual came up to me at a conference and said rather boastfully. "You must feel really good about… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“YOUR ABUSIVE PARTNER DOESN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIS ANGER; HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR ANGER. One of the basic human… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
“Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. Fear of… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“Here’s what I believe: 1. If you are offended or hurt when you hear Hillary Clinton or Maxine Waters called bitch, whore,… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually… — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
The promises of Fidel Castro's so-called revolution of pluralism and democracy, were and continue to be a false promise and a betrayal… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
I think the health of our water is tied to a lot: the health of our communities, hence our economy, the health… — Gord Downie Copy Share Image
We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution. — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
We want the United States, the United Nations, and all democracies around the world to join the Cuban people in their quest… — Nicole Malliotakis Copy Share Image
Blasphemy laws are...an outdated Orwellian thought-policing species of law that force people into psychological submission by making it a crime to question,… — John Michael Sherlock Copy Share Image
Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. — Aung San Copy Share Image
We live in a country whose government and many of its people support white supremacy and disintegration of basic human rights. — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
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