I became an immigrant, civil and human rights advocate, then the first South Asian elected to the Washington State Legislature and the… — Pramila Jayapal Copy Share Image
A century that began with children having virtually no rights is ending with children having the most powerful legal instrument that not… — Carol Bellamy Copy Share Image
“In all you do, speak up for the human rights of others. Become the voice for those who face oppression and can't… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Mr Bush, Mr. Blair and now Mr Brown's sense of human rights precludes our people's right to their God-given resources, which in… — Robert Mugabe Copy Share Image
It's not so easy to be gay or even a woman in some places in the world, and in many countries, it's… — Gilbert Baker Copy Share Image
The strategic partnership between the European Union and the United States is rooted in our shared values of freedom, human rights, democracy… — Donald Tusk Copy Share Image
Defending human rights should be an important objective of foreign policy, and that, too, will sometimes be hard to reconcile with an… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
We've supported the development of Cuba's private sector. This is a human rights issue - people should have the right to live… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
“It was one of those periods of excitement, gathering, contagious, universal, which, while they last, exalt and clarify the minds of men,… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people. Gays and… — Coretta Scott King Copy Share Image
“The Catholic Church also opposes any effort to make it easier to deport children; last week, the archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Francis… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Illegal aliens are often preferred, but poor recent immigrants who do not speak English are also desirable employees. By the standards of… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Further, democratic negotiators, or foreign negotiation specialists accepted to assist in the negotiations, may in a single stroke provide the dictators with… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
“In trying to explain this linkage, I was inspired by a traditional African tool that has three legs and a basin to… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Our constitution should be inspired by the philosophy of the Koran with principles that are set in stone and not open to… — Basmah bint Saud Copy Share Image
On the human rights side, administration policy has been marked by indifference. When the people of Iran flooded the streets to protest… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian law forbids attacks against innocent non-combatants which… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
If there is no word that means you don't have the concept. In North Korea they eliminate the words: depression, stress, dictatorship,… — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
Our kids are our future. They deserve every possible opportunity to start their day with enthusiasm, encouragement and food in their stomachs.… — Arlene Dickinson Copy Share Image
Our founders understood that divine authority was necessary in order to establish a ground on which the weak, the defenseless, the powerless,… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Once you're president, you can't go anywhere without causing trouble. President Obama shows up in China, he's chewing gum, they go crazy.… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
It's absurd. We would all like to see Cuba move toward civil society and free markets and greater respect for human rights.… — Wayne Smith Copy Share Image
I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
The raids on Freedom House, the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, the Adenauer Foundation, and other groups helping Egyptians move… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
My dream is that as the years go by and the world knows more and more of America, itwill turn to America… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
“If one looks back to the French Revolution, one sees just how easy it is for the doctrine of “human rights” to… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Russia is a competitor. They're a strong nation, something we need to recognize, but their economy is just a little bit bigger… — Adam Kinzinger Copy Share Image
“The whole thing is too abstract, continued Zafar, this business of our lives standing for something else. All we know is that… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
“The difference between the past and the present is that individual freedom and security no longer fall to be protected solely through… — Pius Langa Copy Share Image
The cases involving the question of whether U.S. courts should be open to claims of international human rights violations brought by foreign… — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“The communist world, it may be noted, has one big myth (which we call an illusion, in the vain hope that our… — Carl Gustav Jung Copy Share Image
The world has got more democracies than ever, and human rights are high on almost every country's agenda. Still, corruption and oppression… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
“Failure to recognize the historical specificity of the bourgeois conception of rights and duties leads to serious errors. It is for this… — David Harvey Copy Share Image
Major Richard Bong was an example of the tragic and terrible price we must pay to maintain principles of human rights, of… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president… — Geraldine Ferraro Copy Share Image
The end of the occupation. The right of return of the Palestinian people. These are critical dividing lines in human rights. We… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
When I was in the third grade I thought I was gay 'Cause I could draw, an' my uncle was, and I… — Macklemore And Ryan Lewis Copy Share Image
