Why should we be denied basic human rights just because…

“. The understanding that what is good supports basic human rights and anything that threatens it is bad. We do not need a supernatural…

— Al Stefanelli

Its up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Korra and Aang ultimately stand for freedom, equality, and basic human rights, and I think Mike and I are fine with pushing that agenda.

— Bryan Konietzko

A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned... Everything is war. Me say war.…

— Anonymous

“[T]here are some human rights that are so deep that we can't negotiate them away. I mean people do heinous, terrible things. But there…

— Sister Helen Prejean

The federal government has no business in restricting basic human rights based on sexual orientation, and I am ready to protect equality at every…

— Katie Hill

Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst…

— Linda Chavez

That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no…

— Haile Selassie

We must build a movement for education, not incarceration. A movement for jobs, not jails. A movement that will end all forms of discrimination…

— Michelle Alexander

“It is not that difficult to understand and differentiate between our said rights and our assumption that we solely own them. (...) Your right…

— Claudys Kantara

“When we hear people referred to as animals or aliens, we should immediately wonder, “Is this an attempt to reduce someone’s humanity so we…

— Brené Brown

“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war. And until there…

— Haile Selassie I

My parents are big liberals and taught us to never trust a government that rids their people of basic human rights.

— Andrea Suarez Paz

I believe it is possible to bring an end to mass incarceration and birth a new moral consensus about how we ought to be…

— Michelle Alexander