I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic second amendment freedoms… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“You cannot stand for civil rights + not support gay marriage. You cannot stand for human rights + not support gay marriage.… — Bernard Schaffer Copy Share Image
The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man: abjuration of force in the settlement of disputes between states;… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
My point was very simple, and it was that it is absolutely absurd for the United States of America to continue to… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
For inspiration, we still demand the rhetorical high notes. Clinton has hit them before, in her speech in Beijing as first lady… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
Human rights are being told all over the world, but there is no state where the economical freedom is being told. Economical… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
There are some issues that are not in control of the government. Two of those issues are human rights and personal freedoms… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the age of the Romans have one people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility by the… — U Thant Copy Share Image
“Or why should one refrain from burning hatred, whatever its basis--race, class, or ideology? Such hatred is in fact corroding many hearts… — Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“The search for liberty is simply part of the greater search for a world where respect for the rule of law and… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
“Everything is PR” has become the favorite phrase of the new Russia; my Moscow peers are filled with a sense that they… — Peter Pomerantsev Copy Share Image
Since my election to Congress, I've always been interested in human rights. I really do believe that's America's strength. Yes, we have… — Ben Cardin Copy Share Image
“It is almost universally agreed upon by all autistics that forced sterilization is a violation of both reproductive rights, and human rights,… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
Every government has signed up to a voluntary legal commitment under at least one of the international covenants and conventions based on… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
“The truth is I don't give a damn why anyone has an abortion. I believe unconditionally in the right of people with… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
I think that we've made great moral progress in the second half of the 20th century in many respects, and particularly in… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of he Haves over the… — David Korten Copy Share Image
“We are not hated because we practice democracy, value freedom, or uphold human rights. We are hated because our government denies these… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women's Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
Basically we could not have peace, or an atmosphere in which peace could grow, unless we recognized the rights of individual human… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My human rights activism has been widely met with encouragement and support. Ahangarani should earn plaudits, not only for her cinematic achievements,… — Nazanin Boniadi Copy Share Image
Quite often ... these little guys, who might be making atomic weapons or who might be guilty of some human rights violation… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Without global human rights, labor and environmental movements, companies would still be hiring 12-year-olds as a matter of course and poisoning our… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
“As the masses lose their economic importance, will the moral argument alone be enough to protect human rights and liberties? Will elites… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
China, as a major nation of the world, as one of five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and as… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
“As long as the United States remains a democracy, I want to be in the ideological fight against illiberal nationalism and continue… — Michael McFaul Copy Share Image
As a former Assistant Secretary of State, Senior Director on the National Security Council, and Washington Director for Human Rights Watch, I… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
Governments can no longer control 100 percent of the story. Time and geographical boundaries disappear. In places like China and all over… — Amy Jo Martin Copy Share Image
“if you didn’t get involved in anything controversial—politics, human rights, or anything to do with Chechnya—then you could get on with life… — Bill Browder Copy Share Image
Well, they are critics of the Bush administration generally on the human rights record of the administration, and in particular, they are… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Moreover, as we live in an era of the ascendancy of democracy and human rights, we must see that Taiwan has been… — Nick Lampson Copy Share Image
The contrast couldn't be clearer between the intentions and the hearts of those of us who care deeply about human rights and… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
American special relationships with Israel and Saudi Arabia blind us to their dreadful encroachments on human rights, as well as confer impunity… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
As far as the 2009 elections go, there has been a serious crackdown on human rights in Iran, a clampdown on the… — Nazanin Boniadi Copy Share Image
It seems clear to me that the Obama Administration has no human rights policy. That is, while in some inchoate sense they… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
“human rights" cannot serve as a stable, shared basis for morality in a society riven by fundamental disagreement about what "human" means,… — Brad S. Gregory Copy Share Image
One should never send soldiers on a mission based on just good will and good intent. Unfortunately, that can mean one has… — Thomas de Maiziere Copy Share Image
