Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I believe that reproductive rights are human rights, and they are nonnegotiable. — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
I believe in animal rights, human rights, land rights, water rights, air rights. — Rod Coronado Copy Share Image
“Human rights that do not apply to everyone are not human rights at all.” — Volker Beck Copy Share Image
We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere. — Tamzin Merchant Copy Share Image
Nations begin to dig their own graves when men talk more of human rights and less of human duties. — William J. H. Boetcker Copy Share Image
“Grow so big with your ideas that you become a threat to every nationalist state in the world.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE AND REMIND EVERYONE OF THE SUFFERING... OF THE ENSLAVED... YAZIDI WOMEN” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
Despite egregious human rights abuses, military dictatorship in Greece, and Russian atrocities in Chechnya, no state has ever been voted out of… — Dominic Raab 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
...let us continue to work together to develop and nurture in future generations a culture of human rights, to promote freedom, security… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Norway did not even have a revolution at the time the rest of Europe was busy figuring out human rights and stuff,… — Erik Naggum Copy Share Image
“Why did it take so long for these women's ruined lives to become a human rights issue? Perhaps the answer is that… — S.J. Friedman Copy Share Image
“One cannot fail to notice the inconsistency of those rejecting human rights: their rejection takes place in the public square created by… — Filip Spagnoli Copy Share Image
“To acknowledge that history is not deterministic is to acknowledge that it is just a coincidence that most people today believe in… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Over the past year, several cases of human rights abuses, specifically sexual exploitation and abuse, by individuals involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
Our concern for human rights comes to the fore when there are gross violations of human decencies. Then other countries, including China,… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
The industry of political conflict is the biggest industry in Bosnia, and it is still not exhausted. What is needed is to… — Haris Pasovic Copy Share Image
We all would like to see a brighter future for Haiti, and I hope this conference will serve to explore many views.… — Eliot Engel 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
As a follower of Jesus, I am called to work for justice and reconciliation, and to be an advocate for those who… — Frank Wolf Copy Share Image
Discrimination and multiple deprivations of human rights are also frequently part of the problem, sentencing entire populations to poverty... It is surely… — Navi Pillay Copy Share Image
“...and I am left feeling that no matter how much the drip-drip-drip of hostility toward us is perpetuated by the liberal press,… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
“1776: A declaration of the Parlement of Paris: The first rule of justice is to conserve for each individual that which belongs… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“The individual rights of many are at stake. The collective rights of many peoples to their culture are also at stake. I… — Sheila Watt-Cloutier Copy Share Image
“Slavery! It sounds archaic and perhaps even silly, and this word, too, people dared pronounce only in their hidden thoughts. “Slavery —… — Melānija Vanaga Copy Share Image
“The processes of corporate power do not work in isolation. The economic and legal mechanisms that allow the privatization of the commonwealth,… — George Draffan Copy Share Image
“- Why should we be feminists? Why not egalitarians? - "Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is, of course, part of human… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“It is the simplest phrase you can imagine,” Favreau said, “three monosyllabic words that people say to each other every day.” But… — Derek Thompson Copy Share Image
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights... — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
My own country's record on human rights for gay people is far from perfect. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Big global players like China need to do a better job of respecting human rights. — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights. — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
