US law and international human rights law have radically diverged in the past years in terms of the recognition of indigenous people's… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
I believe that our communities can benefit if they know about and participate in the U.N.'s various human rights forums. — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
“It [freedom] rings bells to remind humanity that the most precious gifts in life––like children and love and time––must never be taken… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Human rights will be a powerful force for the transformation of reality when they are not simply understood as externally defined norms… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
I just believe in standing up for people and against discrimination. I consider myself an advocate for human rights. — Kali Uchis Copy Share Image
A culture is not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving process. The aim is to push beyond standard-setting and asserting… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
I'm inspired by strong, courageous women. My mother is the definition of a self-sufficient, independent woman whom I have always looked up… — Nazanin Boniadi Copy Share Image
If we value human rights, they should be at the core of the project against violent extremism, and women a key part… — Deeyah Khan 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
The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
I didn't plan that there'd be this awful situation in which our European governments, just to start the story off, breaking the… — Vanessa Redgrave Copy Share Image
The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It's a struggle every day, to stay present, not to become that...eight year old who was bullied and chased home from school.… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president… — Geraldine Ferraro Copy Share Image
Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for international terrorist organizations, and abhorrent human rights practices pose one of the greatest threats… — Allyson Schwartz Copy Share Image
I have cherished the ideal a democratic and free society . . . it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The raids on Freedom House, the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, the Adenauer Foundation, and other groups helping Egyptians move… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
If in the past, you didn't cry out when thousands of protesters were killed and injured by Turkey, Egypt and Libya, when… — Hillel Neuer Copy Share Image
American Jews are overwhelmingly liberal. By "liberal," I mean, basically, support for the rule of law, support for human rights, support for… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
Human rights are not a privilege granted by the few, they are a liberty entitled to all, and human rights, by definition,… — Kay Granger Copy Share Image
Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation, and it is perhaps the most pervasive. It knows no boundaries… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I'm not a feminist,' some women say sternly as they march off to work where equal opportunity legislation protects them ... Women… — Kaz Cooke Copy Share Image
To know we are being spied on by our own government, and to have someone else's government collaborating on that, to know… — Sara Harrison Copy Share Image
We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution. — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
Great, America Great The god of all nations Lord of all states Voice of the voiceless Strength of the weak Eyes of… — Ezekiel Peace Igbodo (aka Copy Share Image
