From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death, — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values of freedom… — Bob Menendez Copy Share Image
“Over the next thirty to fifty years,” he says, “Islam will challenge democracy as a way to live and practice human rights.” — Karen Elliott House Copy Share Image
The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Politics deals with externals: borders, wealth, crimes. Authentic forgiveness deals with the evil in a persons heart, something for which politics has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Can we get control of an individual to the point where he will do our bidding against his will and even against… — Orit Badouk Epstein Copy Share Image
It is easily and often overlooked that when Thomas Jefferson asserted that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable human… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The idea of justice - even just dreaming of justice - is revolutionary. The language of human rights tends to accept a… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
The great responsibility that we have today is to put the poor and the near poor back on front of the American… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
It is very deplorable that North Korea still does not uphold human rights, which are universal values. — Moon Jae-in Copy Share Image
“Slavery's fundamental offense against human rights was not that it took liberty away (which can happen in many other situations), but that… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“The national curriculum for the Swedish preschool is twenty pages long and goes on at length about things like fostering respect for… — Linda Akeson McGurk Copy Share Image
Specific protection must be granted to human rights defenders and whistleblowers who have in some contexts been accused of being unpatriotic, whereas… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
The inviolability of the person which is a reflection of the absolute inviolability of God, finds its primary and fundamental expression in… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“[T]he full and complete development of a country, the welfare of the world and the cause of peace require the maximum participation… — United Nations Copy Share Image
China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of… — Hu Jintao Copy Share Image
Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness.… — Irene Khan Copy Share Image
I've learned powerful lessons about the nature of forgiveness from human rights defenders. For example, for the greater good of his country,… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
I'm a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so's George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don't… — Barbara Bush Copy Share Image
Human Rights for everyone is the necessary foundation upon which all of us may build a world where everybody may live in… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
“It was by and through the power of God, that the fathers of this country framed the Declaration of Independence, and also… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
The United Nations should come in and take over Liberia, not temporarily, but for life. To make Liberians believe in democracy, to… — George Weah Copy Share Image
