“To acknowledge that history is not deterministic is to acknowledge that it is just a coincidence that most people today believe in… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“One cannot fail to notice the inconsistency of those rejecting human rights: their rejection takes place in the public square created by… — Filip Spagnoli Copy Share Image
I view the United States, today, much like East Berlin. And I'm off the grid. I've tried for 20 years to warn… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Since January 2002, when the United States began detaining at Guantanamo Bay enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other fronts in… — Linda Chavez Copy Share Image
There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
The problem in Guatemala is that there is no solution to the issue of human rights. The problem is militarization, it is… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
Our innate, built-in human value is the reason we have binding duties or obligations towards each other that we don't have towards… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
“There is surely no reason for Western civilization to have guilt trips laid on it by champions of cultures based on despotism,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
The first thing to say is that the ordinary criminal law in this country, the Human Rights Act, the Children's Act, all… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
Someone wrote in the New York Times recently that if Donald Trump was allowed to go through with his plans, he'd become… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the United States and a few other governments have used the war on terrorism as a way of violating human rights.… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
“Human Rights Watch: “Nationwide, the rate of drug admissions to state prison for black men is thirteen times greater than the rate… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“Proceed, philosophers, teach, enlighten, enkindle, think aloud, speak aloud, run joyously towards the bright daylight, fraternise in the public squares, announce the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Almost all modern governments are highly conscious of what journalism calls ‘world opinion.’ For sound reasons, mostly of an economic nature, they… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
It's a struggle every day, to stay present, not to become that...eight year old who was bullied and chased home from school.… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
War and peace-making, human rights, humanitarian issues have become industries, but nobody looks closely at human greed, at the arms industry and… — Haris Pasovic Copy Share Image
There may be circumstances in which damaging our relationship with countries over human rights is counterproductive and the benefits to human rights… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
My interest is not data, it's the world. And part of world development you can see in numbers. Others, like human rights,… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
On human rights, civil rights and environmental quality, I consider myself to be very liberal. On the management of government, on openness… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies...If the right to life is not defended… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
My dreams for the future are simple: work, a happy, healthy family, a lovely long motorcycle ride, and continuing the struggle to… — Mike Farrell Copy Share Image
...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Obviously I do have political views - I'm a believer in the free-market economy; I also believe that without competition and respect… — Pavel Durov Copy Share Image
Iran, the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism and a notorious human rights abuser, exploited President Biden's weaknesses in order to endanger… — Jon Husted Copy Share Image
Currently, the United States provides 22 percent of the U.N. annual budgets, over $900 million in fiscal year 2007, and some of… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
There is a system set up that we live in, and I've got to use that system and fight the revolution from… — Bez Copy Share Image
Even if you look at Iran, those campaigners for human rights there, they don't want to have anything to do with America,… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as part of the political plan.… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
From my experience both as DPP and previously as a human rights lawyer, I know that human rights and effective protection from… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
Terrorism doesn't just blow up buildings; it blasts every other issue off the political map. The spectre of terrorism - real and… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
The common people don't believe this kind of religion [of islamic fundamentalists] because first and foremost they want to solve their basic… — Abdul Sattar Edhi Copy Share Image
“I work for a human rights organization, which strikes me as, if not interesting in the day to day sense, at least… — Nell Stevens Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I am also identified as a civil rights leader or a human rights activist. I would also like to be thought… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
“If we want to be endowed with rights – real human rights, we have to act with responsibility. We must not be… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
In most countries, the political class supervises the defense establishment and restrains its leaders from violating human rights or pursuing dangerous, aggressive… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
We are not living in the same world we were immediately after the Cold War, when there seemed to be a greater… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
The most important problem in Iran is that the courts have lost their independence, and they are under the influence of the… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image