“It speaks volumes when people who are discriminated against go on to discriminate against others.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment -… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“You won't further the cause of human rights by walking away with your morals intact. Change is about getting your hand dirty.” — Brian Malloy Copy Share Image
We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
While supporting human rights in another country is important, fighting for our own safety is crucial. — Richard Grenell Copy Share Image
“Privilege is when you contribute to the oppression of others and then claim that you are the one being discriminated against.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
Promoting and protecting human rights internationally is not just a matter of principle or morality - doing so also serves our national… — Todd Young Copy Share Image
It's something fundamental to me, human rights that people are equal under law simply because they are human beings. And I can… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
Humanitarian assistance and exchanges are still allowed, even under the sanctions regime on North Korea. Therefore, in parallel with sanctions and pressure,… — Moon Jae-in Copy Share Image
It is easily and often overlooked that when Thomas Jefferson asserted that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable human… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We oppress people, we make our victims small wherever they are, whether they are a black girl in a rural community in,… — Roma Tearne Copy Share Image
Human rights groups around the world, certainly sees that Saddam Hussein makes Slobodan Milosevic, who is a war criminal, look like a… — Curt Weldon Copy Share Image
I see courage everywhere I go in Africa. Fearless human rights activists in Darfur. Women peace advocates in eastern Congo. Former child… — John Prendergast Copy Share Image
Agencies must know who they are accountable to. If the agencies know who they are accountable to but we cannot say who… — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
My life is split in three parts; I don't know the percentage. One could be called "chess" - the Kasparov Chess Foundation,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
So many academics have been imprisoned or expelled from their university posts just because they signed a letter calling for peaceful solution… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
Most of us had never seen a sober redneck before, and we have the Reagan Landslide to testify that none of us… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“In the face of this situation we would be better off to dispense now with a number of the concepts which have… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
I'm struck by how very few people outside a rarefied world of true believers understand what you mean when you say human… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
I've been a social justice advocate all my life, becoming an activist for women and human rights even in high school, and… — Julie Smolyansky Copy Share Image
With what moral authority can they speak of human rights - the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
“We have seen too many armed conflicts. We have witnessed far too many violations of human rights. The 2014 genocide wasn't the… — Widad Akreyi Copy Share Image
The basis of peace and stability, in any society, has to be the fullest respect for the human rights of all its… — John Hume Copy Share Image
Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation. — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
I have long been an advocate for peace and human rights in Canada and around the globe. — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
And when 9/11 came, that was open season to violate human rights. And that's how I was kidnapped. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
America's founding Ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more - and nothing less. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice,… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
I've always been passionate about human rights in general. I think anyone who knows me can attest to that. — Lauren Jauregui Copy Share Image
What was once justified as sanctioned by God is now properly reviled as an unconscionable violation of human rights. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Fidel Castro's legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I have cherished the ideal a democratic and free society . . . it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“International politics is never about democracy and human rights. It's about the interests of states. Remember that, no matter what you are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What I am is a proud humanist. Atheism says what I don't accept, humanism says what I do." - Nathan Phelps” — Nathan Phelps Copy Share Image
If a country doesn't recognize minority rights and human rights, including women's rights, you will not have the kind of stability and… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal… — John Charles Polanyi Copy Share Image
“All children, legal citizens or not, should have free access to education and health services. Never punish children for the decisions made… — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
“It is against the principles of human rights to bully another human being.” -Shenita Etwaroo” — Shenita Etwaroo Copy Share Image
