With what moral authority can [the US] speak of human rights... the rulers of a nation in which the millionaire and beggar… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
As a writer I have always fought for the right to write. For writing is a time-honored means of communication. Lack of… — Piri Thomas Copy Share Image
It was never the people who complained of the universality of human rights, nor did the people consider human rights as a… — Vaclav Havel 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
The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests. — Breyten Breytenbach 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
The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND REMIND EVERYONE... OF THE RAPE OF THE YAZIDI WOMEN” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
If resources become scarce, people tend to fight for them. This is increasing the number of people on the move and the… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
In 'The General Strike,' we celebrate those who bring a new vision for the world to the table. People who stand for… — Justin Sane Copy Share Image
The United States should not fund the U.N. Human Rights Council until it stops targeting our closest ally. — Anna Paulina Luna Copy Share Image
One of the problems that we have in the human rights community is that special interests often forget the interests of other… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
The moral problem of abortion is of a pre religious nature because the genetic code is written in a person at the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Often dismayed by but generally unflinching in the face of perpetual adversity, he [W.E.B. Du Bois] engaged the battle for equal human… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
[White men] has the audacity to call himself even the "Leader of the Free World" while he has a country that can't… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Citizenship has not delivered Indigenous Australians the same quality of life other Australians expect. Basic human rights involve health, housing, education, employment,… — Jackie Huggins Copy Share Image
Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice,… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
“It is unusual,” said Cristina, “for a revolution to call for fewer rights for people, not more.” — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
If you are passed out drunk or if there is a gun to your head, it is the same crime. It is… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
We will continue civil disobedience to fight for democracy and for human rights in Hong Kong. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one… — Robert Parry Copy Share Image
There's no point going to a country which is torturing people to ask them to stop if they can point out that… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“There was a problem: No one cared about human rights anymore, not at home or abroad. They cared about growth--hoped for and… — Daniel Alarcón Copy Share Image
“YOUR ABUSIVE PARTNER DOESN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIS ANGER; HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR ANGER. One of the basic human… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless. — Anonymous Copy Share Image