Canada has a stand on human rights in many places, just not when Donald Trump violates them in Latino neighbourhoods. — Denise Dresser Copy Share Image
“If truth and moral values are relative, one cannot claim that certain human rights are universally applicable to all cultures and all… — Stephen McAndrew Copy Share Image
The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests. — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share Image
I stand for humanity, no creeds or religion, I defend human rights and will continue to do till the day that I… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation. — Irene Khan Copy Share Image
A binding treaty and mandatory human rights due diligence would clean up slavery in global supply chains. Workers demand it, and consumers… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
North Americans do not understand that you do not throw down human rights like bombs on the Iraqis. — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
“Fundamental values (such as equality and human rights) should not be held hostage to some factual conjecture about blank slates that might… — Stephen Pinker Copy Share Image
Water must be free for sustenance needs. Since nature gives water to us free of cost, buying and selling it for profit… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm less sensitive to these issues because I see that what people need first is economic security, and only when they… — Peter Munk Copy Share Image
“If I were king, I would redress an abuse which cuts back, as it were, one half of human kind. I would… — Émilie Du Châtelet Copy Share Image
We've got to take back the ideal of justice, we've got to take back this principle of human dignity. We've got to… — David Kaczynski Copy Share Image
There is one lesson from the past, in particular, that we cannot afford to ignore: You cannot make progress on gender equality… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of… — William Hague Copy Share Image
The reality is that no group of countries has any grounds for complacency about its own human rights performance and no group… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The spread of democracy, the new foundation of the rule of law, and the creation of fledgling representative governments that honor and… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
When the life of the nation was attempted, when the cause of liberty and human rights called for their aid, they rushed… — Carl Schurz Copy Share Image
“An essential truth about Eisenhower and Dulles’s policy on the Soviet Union is revealed in these minutes. Though they talked tough for… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
We need to learn from history. These same leaders - [Barack] Obama, [Hillary] Clinton, and far too many Republicans - want to… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
“Marx concocted his heresy in a time in which greatly increased knowledge of nature had, as we remarked earlier, sent Nature’s God… — Revilo P. Oliver Copy Share Image
“This week I was watching the Rachel Maddow Show (you'd love her: she's funny and brilliant and just happens to be a… — Jewelle Gomez Copy Share Image
“The truth is I don't give a damn why anyone has an abortion. I believe unconditionally in the right of people with… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
Every government has signed up to a voluntary legal commitment under at least one of the international covenants and conventions based on… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
“It is almost universally agreed upon by all autistics that forced sterilization is a violation of both reproductive rights, and human rights,… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
You can't stop suffering, you can't stop terrible things from happening, but you can bear witness... The least us reporters can do… — Anderson Cooper 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 cannot stand idly by as the CCP undermines human rights, freedom and decency its pursuit of world dominance. — Young Kim Copy Share Image
If we cannot defend human rights or act when freedom burns to ashes, then we are not humans anymore — Mattias Konradsson Copy Share Image
The Muslim world suffers from internal divisions, antidemocratic practices, and the violation of fundamental human rights and freedoms. — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
“Many of us persons of the tinted persuasion care about human rights and artistic freedom too.” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Human rights represent absolute and universal values. They should be protected by all means we have at our disposal. — Miroslav Lajcak Copy Share Image
“There are no gods, no nations, no money and no human rights, except in our collective imagination.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“No matter how pathetic or pitiful, every human is fated to have one moment in their lives in which they can change… — Takayuki Yamaguchi Copy Share Image
Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth. — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The giant industries that are polluting our planet as well as violating human rights worldwide are the ones nearest and dearest to… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
In my human-rights work, perhaps the most important thing is gaining the trust of the victims. — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
There are genuine concerns about the status of children to be sent to Malaysia and also there are genuine concerns about the… — Julie Bishop Copy Share Image
We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected,… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
Being a humanitarian, supporting animal rights activists, human rights activists, it's all the same. — Daryl Hannah Copy Share Image
![“We need to learn from history. These same leaders - [Barack] Obama, [Hillary] Clinton, and far too many Republicans - want to topple [Bashar] Assad. Assad is a bad man. Gadhafi was a bad man. Mubarak had a terrible human rights record. But they were assisting us - at least [Muammar] Gadhafi and…” quote by Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/11c/ted-cruz-487_assad_we-need-to-learn-from-history-these-same_3228031.png)
