Human rights Quotes · Page 28

Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.

— Jimmy Carter

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.

— Mother Teresa

“Trump doesn’t think in terms of morality or human rights, he thinks only in terms of power and dominance. Might makes right.”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

Anarchy is a butterfly; refuse to be cocooned in darkness, evolve to something better.

— Jennifer Amorelli

Human rights are being violated in so many places. But we don't give up because we know respect for human rights and…

— Antonio Guterres

The Human Rights Act is a really important constitutional document, it isn't just a villain's charter.

— Keir Starmer

The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American…

— Jesse Jackson

Together we can prevent genocide from happening again. Together we can make a better future for our children.

— Dith Pran

President Bush met repeatedly with human rights activists and freedom fighters from all over the world to give them encouragement and protection…

— Elliott Abrams

To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public…

— Hans Rosling

The Chinese government attaches importance to, and protects, human rights. We have incorporated these lines into the Chinese constitution, and we also…

— Wen Jiabao

I'm a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so's George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don't…

— Barbara Bush

As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in the list…

— Rene Cassin

After I graduated in Vancouver, I had been working on a book about war-affected children and land mines with the foreign minister…

— Hannah Simone

I want to take human rights out of their box. I want to show the relevance of the universal principles of human…

— Mary Robinson

As the international community comes together to create rules for developing and deploying technology, America and its allies and partners aim to…

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

I would like to invite the citizens of Great Britain and the citizens of the U.S. and the citizens of the world…

— Hugo Chavez

“It is feasible and easy everywhere to undermine administrative power and, in fact, it has been drastically weakened in all Western countries.…

— Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

“I realize that violence is not more prevalent today than in previous periods of human history, but there is a difference. We…

— Jimmy Carter

the right to marry whoever one wishes is an elementary human right ... Even political rights, like the right to vote, and…

— Hannah Arendt

“It’s not our place to judge the guilt or innocence of the prisoners, Nurse Webster. The sooner you learn that the better.…

— Rachel Dax

It's true that we in Iraq are now paying a heavy price as a consequence of senseless violence, but nonetheless there are…

— Hassan Blasim

I will not call myself a pacifist for the very simple reason that if something like a [Francisco] Franco should arise in…

— Murray Bookchin

We must adopt reforms which will expand the range of opportunities for all Americans. We can fulfill the American dream only when…

— Richard M. Nixon

I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he…

— Rand Paul

“Joy is found when you focus your energy on improving human dignity, human capacity and human values.”

— Amit Ray

We need to make equal pay and equal opportunity for women and girls a reality so women's rights are human rights once…

— Hillary Clinton

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been…

— Charles Sumner

I grew up as a discriminated minority in a dictatorship, so obviously the issue of human rights is a matter of concern…

— Henry A. Kissinger

“I was born to use papers and books to speak up. I was born to use my pen to defend my views…

— Mitta Xinindlu

I was somewhat confused when senator [Bernie] Sanders said, well, you know, Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign, they're part of the…

— Hillary Clinton

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

Prisoners have benefited disproportionately from 'rights inflation' - the expansion of human rights into unforeseen nooks and crannies.

— Dominic Raab

We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until…

— Malala Yousafzai

I learnt about the universe. I learnt about human rights and human dignity - this was so new to me.

— Park Yeon-mi

“If God had wanted us to judge other people, we'd all have been born with silly wigs.”

— Adriano Bulla

I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it.

— Theresa May

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.

— Dorothy Height

You don't have to be the same as anybody else, but you can support - just concerning human rights in general.

— Brendon Urie

For all freedom-loving Americans, standing with Israel - for democracy and human rights - will always be an issue of right versus…

— Brian Mast