Human rights Quotes

Victims should come first.

— Maria Julia Hernandez

“Human rights don't trickle down.”

— Heather Marsh

Iran has a dismal record on human rights.

— Howard Berman

I recognize no rights but human rights.

— Anonymous

Atheism has no room for human rights.

— Richard Halverson

Liberties are not given, they are taken.

— Aldous Huxley

“My pen is my sword.”

— Mitta Xinindlu

Women's rights are human rights.

— Antonio Guterres

AIDS is no longer just a disease, it is a human rights issue.

— Nelson Mandela

Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights.

— Mahnaz Afkhami

It is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights.

— Hillary Clinton

You can't have occupation and human rights.

— Christopher Hitchens

We fight to defend human rights, human dignity, human liberty.

— Lloyd Austin

I'm a gay rights supporter. I'm a human-rights campaign initiative person.

— Anthony Scaramucci

... non-use of rights does not destroy them.

— Matilda Joslyn Gage

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

The European Union will continue to fully support multilateral global governance based on international law, human rights, and strong international institutions.

— Federica Mogherini

“Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate.”

— DaShanne Stokes

Wars can be resolved. Human rights atrocities can be stopped. We just have to apply the right policies.

— John Prendergast

When human rights are abused on a grand scale, the broth of purity boils and feeds the rebellion of a new order.

— James A. Baldwin

'Peace' means rules respected by everyone - big or small, rich or poor - means cooperation. It means respect for human rights…

— Miroslav Lajcak

But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multiparty democracy.

— Phil Robertson

“In the criminal law [...] imprisonment should be resorted to only after the most anxious consideration.”

— Pius Langa

The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent.

— Mahnaz Afkhami

..I think there is less cynicism about human rights than there was. The work we are doing is part of the overall…

— Martin Ennals

We've got to listen to other people's voices, respect them, but keep in mind, and I believe in terms of the things…

— John Kasich

I was a human rights lawyer for 20 years, I believed those values of dignity, equality and non-discrimination were a given. believed…

— Keir Starmer

“By contrast, if one conceives the idea of human rights as centring on the notion that each individual is completely autonomous and…

— Mary Midgley

“Snowden’s itinerary does, however, seem to bear the fingerprints of Julian Assange. Assange was often quick to criticise the US and other…

— Luke Harding

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed…

— Jimmy Carter

It's one thing to say you're feminist, but then what does that mean? Not selling arms to a regime that is the…

— Jagmeet Singh

I'm a human rights activist and it doesn't make any sense not to treat everybody the exact same way. It just doesn't…

— Mehcad Brooks

Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should…

— Van Jones

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

In terms of what is the solution is going forward, in my view, it is the grassroots human-rights groups - both Israeli…

— Jill Stein

That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the…

— Marcus Garvey

“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

“Do you really believe that freedom of choice exists? India still has a caste system. Most of the Middle East treats women…

— Jack Kilborn

Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well…

— Kapil Sibal

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