The world does not need a war against 'terrorism', it needs a culture of peace based on human rights for all. — Irene Khan Copy Share Image
Women and gay people are the litmus test of whether a society is democratic and respecting human rights. We are the canaries… — Peter Tatchell Copy Share Image
Democracy is not the end product, but the means to the end, which is the enjoyment of human rights by all. — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism. — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
I had a lot of space as a kid. My mother worked with human rights for the government, and my dad had… — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
“Always in your stomach and in your skin there was a sort of protest, a feeling that you had been cheated of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Whenever the dollar is held supreme and capitalistic interests dominate, a higher value will always be placed upon property rights than upon… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
“Eritrean people are strong and caring. And despite all that we had been through we were brimming with optimism. Our country was… — Abeba Habtu Copy Share Image
Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
I was born in the middle of World War II, the middle of the Holocaust; I was born when there was no… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The deliberate weakening of the labour movement by the machinations of market fundamentalists, gaining momentum during the periods when Margaret Thatcher led… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
“As they cannot be defined univocally, nor irrefutably demonstrated, so-called “human rights” serve as a pretext for the individual who rebels against… — Nicolás Gómez Dávila Copy Share Image
As I prepare for my second term as Secretary-General, I am thinking hard about how we can meet the expectations of the… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
One of the problems that we have in the human rights community is that special interests often forget the interests of other… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
“It was by and through the power of God, that the fathers of this country framed the Declaration of Independence, and also… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
...I believe it is woman's right to have a voice in all the laws and regulations by which she is to be… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
“For the normative self-understanding of modernity, Christianity has functioned as more than just a precursor or catalyst. Universalistic egalitarianism, from which sprang… — Jürgen Habermas Copy Share Image
“By creating a society in which all people, of all colors, were granted freedom and citizenship, the Haitian Revolution forever transformed the… — Laurent Dubois Copy Share Image
“Hypocrisy, double standards, and "but nots" are the price of universalist pretensions. Democracy is promoted, but not if it brings Islamic fundamentalists… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
It was tricky [to write about Israelis], because everyone has an opinion about the Arab - Israeli conflict, and when I first… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
“Esau sold his birth right, because he wanted a plate of meal. Today, When I look in the news, social media and… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
Look at the Israel-Palestine conflict, for example. If you look at a map from 1947 to now, you'll see that Israel has… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
An institution that...would permit Iraq, a terrorist state that refuses to disarm, to become soon the chair of the United Nations Commission… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign are standing up and fighting the important fights that have to be fought. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom, and China will, in the end, become… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
Every generation has the obligation to free men's minds for a look at new worlds . . . to look out from… — Ellison Onizuka Copy Share Image
Human rights problems will always exist for years to come, but maybe they'll lessen somewhat. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
We want to return to the European Union and play our part in building a continent that's based on human rights, on… — Humza Yousaf Copy Share Image
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating. — Cesar Chavez 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
Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The struggle for freedom and human rights is universal and Canada used to be a leader. — Erin O'Toole Copy Share Image
Good or bad people can be democratically elected, but it is always easy to fight for human rights under this system. — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What this man did, Fidel Castro, is he oppressed his people for nearly six decades. That legacy is firing squads. It's poverty.… — Molly Qerim Copy Share Image
Human rights are for those who can behave like humans. If you can't act responsibly you relinquish that right. — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
All constitutions, those of the States no less than that of the nation, are designed, and must be interpreted and administered so… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Peace is more than just an absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom, and true peace dictates the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
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