“Decaf is an abomination, and serving it to someone should be considered a human rights violation,” — Marko Kloos Copy Share Image
Its up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Women have always been at the forefront of progressive movements. Women can be depended on when you need bodies in the streets… — Martha Plimpton Copy Share Image
We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty. — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
Human rights are universally valid and indivisible, regardless of culture and religion. — Alice Schwarzer Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
“A hundred years hence, our belief in democracy and human rights might look equally incomprehensible to our descendants. Dreamtime” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The world is in need of an encompassing and of course, just and humane order in the light of which the rights… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
By outlawing Solidarity, a free trade organization to which an overwhelming majority of Polish workers and farmers belong, they have made it… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
To some, incredibly, Russia has become a human rights leader. Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower, has succeeded in his asylum application in… — Max Keiser Copy Share Image
The FCO must help Turkey reinforce accountable state institutions, while also developing ties far beyond them: the UK needs a deeper and… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
During the debates for mayor, I was continually pressed on my position on the policing procedure known as 'stop and frisk' -… — Eric Adams Copy Share Image
When I am asked, "What, in your view, is the worst human rights problem in the world today?" I reply: "Absolute poverty."… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
I believe it is possible to bring an end to mass incarceration and birth a new moral consensus about how we ought… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I think the Prime Minister is the first to acknowledge that Malaysia's still got some work to do. Just like the United… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to stress again that human rights are not peripheral to the foreign policy of the United States. Our pursuit of… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Our goals are also the same, to have a just system of economics and politics, to let the people of the world… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“I realize that what happened in Bosnia could happen anywhere in the world, particularly in places that are diverse and have a… — Savo Heleta Copy Share Image
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that 'if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort,… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The term 'human rights' has been too often associated with conditionality, and with concerns of developing countries that in order to benefit… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
“Gustavo Arcos, a loyal revolutionary who was with Castro in the second car when they attacked the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Ah, my dear friend Hassim, seems our paths cross once again, how fortunate for this humble Sheik.” As Abdullah spoke in his… — Nick Hahn Copy Share Image
We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and… — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
I think we have a very critical role to play, within the spectrum of international law and human rights. — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The first principal of nonviolent action is that of noncooperation with everything humiliating. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights. — Ron Silver Copy Share Image
My mother, for the last 20 years anyway, would not call herself a Marxist but a human rights activist. — Joely Richardson Copy Share Image
Religious freedom is one of the most fundamental of human rights because religious freedom comes from the dignity of the human being… — Suharto Copy Share Image
I've known Mayim Bialik for years, not just from her hit TV shows but as a caring, devout mother and dedicated human… — Randi Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
My father wasn't a militant racist. He was a human rights activist - he was about human beings, so let's just get… — Malaak Shabazz Copy Share Image
“The concept of maximum promotion of human rights to the expense of the majority of people in fact undermines the entire concept… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Akbar Ganji is a human rights activist in Iran and he works on freedom of expression and he does his job very… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing. — Ward Churchill Copy Share Image
Fighting for human rights, a commitment to social justice and treating people with dignity are all things that are important to us… — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial. — Ali Khamenei Copy Share Image
Freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law... are universal values of the human spirit. — Robert C. O'Brien Copy Share Image
