“We huddle tightly together as cowards, protecting the ranks of our false collective identity from "less-human" intruders, when the only obvious and… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
The covenant between Jews and God was conditional on their respect for human rights. The reason they were expelled from the land… — Stephen Sizer Copy Share Image
The biggest obstacle in interacting with China is the difference in perspectives about basic values. These include issues such as human rights,… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali Copy Share Image
Grounded in international human rights, gender equality doesn’t just improve the lives of individual women, girls, and their families; it makes economic… — Helen Clark Copy Share Image
Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
I don't want to be treated outside the rule of law. And I don't want people from this part of the world,… — Mohamedou Ould Slahi Copy Share Image
It is true that non-governmental organisations working within strong human rights frameworks are now confounded by securitarian forms of logic and power… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I will not call myself a pacifist for the very simple reason that if something like a [Francisco] Franco should arise in… — Murray Bookchin 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
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Even what may have seemed, in retrospect, like minor quibbles—over the particular wording of sharia clauses, for example—reflected fundamental divides over the… — Shadi Hamid Copy Share Image
I think this president has so badly abused his power, breached his trust in remarkable ways with our Congress, with the American… — Rocky Anderson Copy Share Image
“Our faith in the Trinity puts us under an obligation to struggle at every level, from the strictly personal to the highly… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image
Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not… — Michael Anti Copy Share Image
To tackle the underlying roots of violence and conflict, we need a massive international effort to reduce poverty and injustice, and to… — Clare Short Copy Share Image
John's old Caddie had a huge engine that would qualify as a human rights violation if built today. It roared down the… — David Wong Copy Share Image
The reason why the war ended in Bosnia was not because of amnesty but because a combined Croat-Bosnian offensive defeated the Serbs… — Payam Akhavan Copy Share Image
After the horrific human rights violations committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the Netanyahu administration had just cause catalyzing a de… — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
Well, the United States has said that the disarmament of Iraq is the top priority, but we have also noted that there… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
[White men] has the audacity to call himself even the "Leader of the Free World" while he has a country that can't… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
From the very beginning, the American dream meant proving to all mankind that freedom, justice, human rights and democracy were no utopia… — Nicolas Sarkozy Copy Share Image
Often Americans have heard Donald Trump be very hard on China. But that's not how it's heard over there. In China, his… — Evan Osnos Copy Share Image
“His concern was that if there were a few rights specified in the Constitution, future generations may forget that those are just… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The Human Rights Act is not a terrorists' charter. It enables ordinary citizens to seek redress when the government breaches fundamental freedoms… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
Unfortunately the situation of human rights in Iran isn't improving. Some of the newspapers were shut down and the government didn't try… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
But my father also supported human rights, freedom and self-determination for all people, including Latino agricultural workers, Native Americans, and the millions… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another.… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The people standing up most strongly for our democracies should be celebrated, not prosecuted - be it those countless human rights defenders… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I'm a recreational pot-smoker. There has never been enough of a distinction between marijuana and other drugs. It's a human rights issue,… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
On April 27th 2017 the UK approved Magnitsky Sanctions as part of the Criminal Finances Bill. The provision gives the British government… — Bill Browder Copy Share Image
I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to… — Bram Cohen Copy Share Image
Three year sof unconditional MFN have not lead to any subtantial improvement in human rights, trade and nuclear proliferation practice of the… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
It's long been common practice among many to draw a distinction between "human rights" and "property rights," suggesting that the two are… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image