Joe Biden will speak to the nation's largest gay rights group during a human rights convention on Friday. Then on Saturday, he… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
“The radical Islamic movement has availed itself of the PC mentality to convince good-hearted people around the world that the Jews, Israel,… — Brigitte Gabriel Copy Share Image
One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic… — George Meany Copy Share Image
It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
The Lantos Human Rights Prize is intended to serve as a beacon of hope, justice and human decency in a world too… — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a… — Judith Light Copy Share Image
“Here was a temporary solution. Parole would get Mofokeng and Mokoena out of jail as quickly as possible. Other details could be… — Jeremy Gordin Copy Share Image
I recognize no rights but human rights - I know nothing of men's rights and women's rights. — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
Global markets must be balanced by global values such as respect for human rights and international law, democracy, security and sustainable economic… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
Certainly, if we believe in democracy and democratic systems, when [Benazir Bhutto] failed to pass any legislation, really, at all in her… — Fatima Bhutto Copy Share Image
What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it… — Mo Ibrahim 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
The Declaration has a moral power which is of enormous weight and influence. The statement of the rights represent a goal, or… — H. V. Evatt Copy Share Image
“I hereby solemnly and sincerely declare before God that I will faithfully discharge the duties of a member of An Garda Síochána… — Graham Masterton Copy Share Image
You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could… — Elizabeth Evatt Copy Share Image
In a free Europe... the system of power lies on three pillars. These are democracy, rule of law, and human rights. It's… — Frans Timmermans Copy Share Image
“So how can we improve the educational system? We should probably first rethink school curricula, and link them in more obvious ways… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“Hypocrisy, double standards, and "but nots" are the price of universalist pretensions. Democracy is promoted, but not if it brings Islamic fundamentalists… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Business must go on reiterating its absolute commitment to embedding human rights in all it does, driving industry change through collaboration with… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Human rights in China should absolutely play a role in broader U.S. policy toward China. When we look the other way on… — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
“Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
There's a dilemma over how to balance concrete economic interests with critical opinions on the state of human rights. It's the human… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Lack of accountability weakens the environmental and health rights of citizens; it damages peace- building and reconciliation initiatives; impedes the implementation of… — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
