I am not here as a public official, but as a citizen of a troubled world who finds hope in a growing… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about… — Raila Odinga Copy Share Image
This problem will knock on the doors of all of us, whether through uncontrolled and unmanageable migration flows, by means of diseases… — Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla Copy Share Image
To me, if you're lucky enough to make stuff that people will pay money for, do a good job. Really do a… — David Rees Copy Share Image
Ethical globalization is possible if only we can hold governments and business accountable for respecting human rights, not just in the traditional… — Mary Robinson 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
Remember, 'governance' is a big word that includes human rights, freedom of speech, economic transactions on a worldwide basis - it touches… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Talk loud enough about human rights and it gives the impression of democracy at work, justice at work. There was a time… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“Malaysia, then, offers an example of what happens when socalled moderate Islamists are appeased by the liberal elite. They provide cover for… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“The Declaration of Independence, Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, and Martin Luther King's 'Letter from the Birmingham Jail' all have their metaphysical… — Scott Klusendorf Copy Share Image
I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions. The most important dichotomy that I make… — Akbar Ganji Copy Share Image
“[T]here are some human rights that are so deep that we can't negotiate them away. I mean people do heinous, terrible things.… — Sister Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
When we struggle for human rights, for freedom, for dignity, when we feel that it is a ministry of the church to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I see a violation of human rights not in the mere fact that people don't have enough to eat and that they… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
Without criticism of Islam, Islam will remain unassailed in its dogmatic, fanatical, medieval fortress; ossified, totalitarian and intolerant. It will continue to… — Wafa Sultan Copy Share Image
I love revolutionaries who have the courage to stand up against the status quo. They're always misunderstood, but they're the ones who… — Richard Hatch Copy Share Image
I believe that those who believe in the power of human rights must find new ways to address economic injustice - and… — Pamela Yates Copy Share Image
“Voting on things is democratic, yes - but not on deciding on whether or not people should be equal or have human… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to bring attention to is that human rights is a big important part of how to prevent conflict in… — Nikki Haley 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
“A name is the first and final marker of individual rights, one fixed part of the ever changing human world. A name… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a country [USA]… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
When you look at human rights, look at gender, and the rights of girls for education in the world - that are… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
The amount of violations of human rights in a country is always an inverse function of the amount of complaints about human… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
I just wanna lay down, I dont want to think of so many things, trying to solve the why and how can… — Missyrie Copy Share Image
And Eleanor's husband was the man who did the interning. And I think they - Governor Warren, who was later to become… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
When counterterrorist policies are used to suppress peaceful protests and legitimate opposition movements, shut down debate, target human rights defenders, or stigmatize… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
We don't know yet how to build a society which is environmentally sustainable, which is shareable with everybody on the planet, which… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
In some ways, [the student anti-sweatshop movement] is like the anti-apartheid movement, except that in this case its striking at the core… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I think that when you look at our founding principles, it was based on America as a nation committed to universal human… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
Old ideas die hard. We've had thousands of years of women having almost no rights. Parts of the world are in a… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
If someone doesn't like Saudi Arabia's human rights record, that doesn't mean that you are in any way attacking Muslims. You're attacking… — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
There is not a single country in the world that is not interested in doing business with China. And no one is… — Jacob Zuma Copy Share Image
An administration that really wanted to win an ideological contest with the Chinese Communist Party would stand up for human rights consistently,… — Tom Malinowski 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
In the areas which have been disturbed people are living cordially with the Security Forces. In areas like Gulu people are living… — Yoweri Museveni Copy Share Image
Through electing officials that will protect the Constitution and commit themselves to the rights of the people and the health of the… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
Foreign policy that is obviously guided by interests, but that is very much also committed to shared values, so we have a… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
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