America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
If we were to allow the Chris Grayling and his cronies to tear up the Human Rights Act and withdraw from the… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
It was in that uncertain world that the European Convention on Human Rights was shaped. Written by Conservatives, it set out the… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
Human rights problems will always exist for years to come, but maybe they'll lessen somewhat. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
“To drink poison and deliver elixir is the first nature of a sapiens.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“At a lunchtime reception for the diplomatic corps in Washington, given the day before the inauguration of Barack Obama as president, I… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Terrorism can never be accepted. We must fight it together, with methods that do not compromise our respect for the rule of… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Over the next 300 years, the Afro-Asian giant swallowed up all the other worlds. It consumed the Mesoamerican World in 1521, when… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
The core of human rights work is naming and shaming those who commit abuses, and pressuring governments to put the screws to… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
In the year 2010, Kenya adopted a new constitution. With that constitution, we further secured the human rights and civil liberties of… — Mwai Kibaki Copy Share Image
Here in the United States, corporations has human rights. And then why not - why not nature also, if corporations can defend… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
“An essential truth about Eisenhower and Dulles’s policy on the Soviet Union is revealed in these minutes. Though they talked tough for… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad. — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom, and China will, in the end, become… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
“We are currently facing many hurdles, BUT will never lose the sight of infinite hope.” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
The Olympics brought a lot of development to Beijing, but I don't see that there have been any changes to human rights… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Whatever happened after the liberation of Krajina, this was in no way a violation of human rights by Croatian authorities. — Franjo Tudjman Copy Share Image
“Stand in the room. But stand against those who easily connect with the lies.” — Mitta Xinindlu Copy Share Image
President Obama continues to support war. He continues to remove many basic civil liberties and human rights. He continues to condone drones… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
I state in no uncertain terms: An order to uproot an Arab village or a Jewish settlement violates the most basic of… — Naftali Bennett Copy Share Image
“Teaching and learning _religious plurality often ends up privileging religious _texts_ over _practice_ and largely ignoring the social and historical contexts and… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
There is no such dichotomy as 'human rights' versus 'property rights.' No human rights can exist without property rights. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Yes, I am very unhappy, extremely anguished at human rights violations against Kashmiris in India or against Rohingyas in Burma or, for… — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
“By contrast, if one conceives the idea of human rights as centring on the notion that each individual is completely autonomous and… — Mary Midgley Copy Share Image
