“In a way, this judgment has taken forward the jurisprudential strategy in Vishaka of reading into our constitutional law the global concepts… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
The sanctions have been a key element in making sure that those who have violated human rights and are guilty of corruption… — Juan Guaido Copy Share Image
Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if we believe that the human being should… — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
America should be leading the world in green and clean solutions, and human rights. We shouldn't be leading the world in wars… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The passage of time hasn't changed the fact that abortion is a serious, lethal violation of fundamental human rights, and that women… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image
Look at what I've done my entire life. I have been working on behalf of civil rights, women's rights, human rights for… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
There's a reason survivors choose not to go to the police, and that's because they're treated as the criminals. The rapists are… — Emma Sulkowicz Copy Share Image
I'm very careful not to isolate Israel on this but to make this part of a transformed foreign policy where we apply… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“Human Rights Watch reported in 2000 that, in seven states, African Americans constitute 80 to 90 percent of all drug offenders sent… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The Singapore judicial system's shameful recourse to using torture - in the form of caning - to punish crimes that should be… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
I believe we should try to move away from the vocabulary and attitudes which shape the stereotyping of developed and developing country… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires. It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it… — Ajahn Brahm Copy Share Image
“Oakeshott believed that civil association has been increasingly displaced by enterprise, under pressure from political elites, managers, parties and ideologues. It is… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
To the greatest extent possible, I try to make choices that involve the least amount of cruelty and environmental damage. I'm interested… — Vesanto Melina Copy Share Image
The sceptic ultimately undermines democracy (1) because he can see no significance in death and such things of a literal equality; (2)… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
It remains the task of governments to implement the fundamental human rights standards which should influence all aspects of globalisation, including even… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
“law tends more and more to be grounded upon the maxim that every citizen is, by nature, a traitor, a libertine, and… — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
All lives have equal value. And so you say, 'why do poor children die when other children don't? Why do some people… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
China-led globalization in some ways worries me because they are not concerned about human rights, labor rights. They probably aren't even really… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
So, is there hope for a truly democratic Africa? Long answer: Only if continent-wide improvements in education, human rights and public health… — Jon Stewart 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
It is still in the lap of the gods whether a society can succeed which is based on "civil liberties and human… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Democracies stand on several key pillars: Free and fair elections, human rights, the rule of law, and a free untrammeled media. Until… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves 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
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
The idea of 'Voice of Witness' is to let survivors and witnesses of human-rights abuses tell their story at length. It started… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
We’ve always been involved with issues that deal with the fundamental human rights of people, whether that means the right to political… — Mary Travers Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a family of journalists, and a mother who was deeply committed to human rights, so I think… — Anna Wintour Copy Share Image
“fact, by any reasonable standard, global religious repression constitutes a human rights catastrophe. As noted earlier, the nonpartisan Pew Research Center concluded… — Timothy Shah Copy Share Image
The way we need to view aid is as a fulfillment of rights, and Mexico, as other countries around the world, have… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
“We are not going to always agree with each other, but we should have the dignity to always respect each other’s freedom… — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
I trust that the space for LGBT community in Singapore will continue to grow, and that we will eventually have equality and… — Ivan Heng Copy Share Image
I am strongly pro-life, and have fought to protect the rights of the unborn my entire career. I will continue to fight… — Rob Bishop Copy Share Image
Women's rights are nothing but a part of the bigger picture, which is human rights. Women are trusted with the lives of… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
“Of all the attempts to propel Singapore faster along the path of political liberalisation, few have backfired as badly as the West's… — Cherian George Copy Share Image
Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this… — Xavier Becerra Copy Share Image
I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
For centuries, the courts took the view that preserving the discretion of the authorities trumped the rights of victims to hold them… — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
Jail is just another micro-society. It just happens that here, the problems are far more out in the open, we don't live… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
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