“Let’s get this clear up front: women deserve human rights because they are human and they deserve to play a part in… — Jane Caro Copy Share Image
We Americans have a sense of ourselves as a moral people. We have led the way in the fight for human rights… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
The Human Rights Convention was written by Conservatives in the aftermath of the Second World War. It was designed to combat the… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
“Believers in liberal freedom should worry not whether their regime can prevail in competition with authoritarian ones, but whether they can prevail… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
“If not as a true human, let me tell you as a Biologist, color of the skin does not define an individual’s… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“By not dealing with past human rights violations, we are not simply protecting the perpetrators' trivial old age ; we are thereby… — Antjie Krog Copy Share Image
Every man has a right to his own opinion. Every race has a right to its own action; therefore let no man… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Many American pundits and foreign policy experts love to depict themselves as crusaders for human rights, but it almost always takes the… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
If globalization is to realise its potential as a force for good, we have to look more closely at the means by… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
“The individual rights of many are at stake. The collective rights of many peoples to their culture are also at stake. I… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
“1776: A declaration of the Parlement of Paris: The first rule of justice is to conserve for each individual that which belongs… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“...and I am left feeling that no matter how much the drip-drip-drip of hostility toward us is perpetuated by the liberal press,… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
“Here was a temporary solution. Parole would get Mofokeng and Mokoena out of jail as quickly as possible. Other details could be… — Jeremy Gordin Copy Share Image
Discrimination and multiple deprivations of human rights are also frequently part of the problem, sentencing entire populations to poverty... It is surely… — Navi Pillay Copy Share Image
“Russian bolshevism, replacing eastern Christendom by the grim religiosity of Marx, produced a caricature of the evangelical counsels with many a diabolical… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
I learned from the Macarturos. I had never been at a table with a labor organizer and a playwright and a performance… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
We must vigilantly stand on guard within our own borders for human rights and fundamental freedoms which are our proud heritage…w e… — John Diefenbaker Copy Share Image
The Convention is not only a visionary document. We are reminded daily that it is an agreement that works - and its… — Carol Bellamy Copy Share Image
If you are passed out drunk or if there is a gun to your head, it is the same crime. It is… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
It cannot be right in a world of increasing human progress - whether in medicine, space exploration or renewable energy - that… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights supports youth reentry projects because my father cared deeply about children and young people involved in the… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
The U.S. has represented throughout its history a commitment to human rights and the law - shining a light on what happened… — Rory Kennedy Copy Share Image
I think it's so important to think about the basic human rights of others and to use our collective voices, minds and… — Courtney Act Copy Share Image
Additionally, any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries with despicable human rights records to remain as members, such as China and… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The androcentric, patriarchal cultures, whatever you want to call it, are quite new. So, every economic statement should start with reproduction, not… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“The forces at work in healthy party politics are centripetal; they encourage factions and interests to come together to work out common… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
The way in which we can promote peace, is by promoting sustainable management of our resources, equitable distribution of these resources, and… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
“It is the simplest phrase you can imagine,” Favreau said, “three monosyllabic words that people say to each other every day.” But… — Derek Thompson Copy Share Image
“- Why should we be feminists? Why not egalitarians? - "Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“The processes of corporate power do not work in isolation. The economic and legal mechanisms that allow the privatization of the commonwealth,… — George Draffan Copy Share Image
“Slavery! It sounds archaic and perhaps even silly, and this word, too, people dared pronounce only in their hidden thoughts. “Slavery —… — Melānija Vanaga Copy Share Image
Hiding behind such sacred terms as human rights and distributive justice, politicians and intellectuals alike have perpetrated a gargantuan ruse on humankind:… — Gonzalo Fernandez de la Mora Copy Share Image
“Do you really believe that freedom of choice exists? India still has a caste system. Most of the Middle East treats women… — Jack Kilborn Copy Share Image
Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
“As the twenty-first century unfolds, nationalism is fast losing ground. More and more people believe that all of humankind is the legitimate… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
In terms of what is the solution is going forward, in my view, it is the grassroots human-rights groups - both Israeli… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The concept of the "information society" is both vague and all-embracing. Different participants meant different things by it. In practice, though, World… — David Souter Copy Share Image
Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
