“We must dilute and disperse all forms of concentrated power that refuse to be accountable to majority wishes.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Clever people are never credited with their follies: what a deprivation of human rights! — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
This is our country, our water. We're entitled to a good life. It's a human rights issue. — Erin Brockovich Copy Share Image
“Over the next thirty to fifty years,” he says, “Islam will challenge democracy as a way to live and practice human rights.” — Karen Elliott House Copy Share Image
Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The issue that a political campaign would make a human life into - you know - a political football, is unsettling. — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
A United Nations that will not stand up for human rights is a United Nations that cannot stand up for itself. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
We will not keep silent, even if the Formula One is taking place. We will protest for human rights and freedom. — Zainab al-Khawaja 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
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
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
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
“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
“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
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
Instead of ending U.S. military aid to the 23rd wealthiest country to use for its consistent violations of international law and human… — Phyllis Bennis Copy Share Image
Men realize that they have work to do, to pull up women and take ownership on where we are as a society,… — Julie Smolyansky Copy Share Image
“Even when the 13th Amendment was passed to abolish slavery with an exception of servitude as a penalty for criminal conviction, the… — Dumisani Tafadzwa Mayele Copy Share Image
“It is not just a human rights argument, it is the Warren Buffett argument and the Christine Lagarde argument: Countries that want… — Jenny Nordberg Copy Share Image
It is a great problem for the true international agenda of human rights that the United States, uniquely among industrialised countries, has… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“The FfP uses twelve indicators to measure state failure, and Egypt scored a stellar nine out of ten in criminalization or delegitimization… — John R. Bradley Copy Share Image
“I reiterate my dedication to advocating for effective preventive strategies to end gun violence once and for all. In the face of the… — Widad Akreyi Copy Share Image
Peace, non-violence, human rights and the environment - if only everybody saw these as the seamless whole that they are — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Socialism crushes human rights, builds the state, impinges on the liberty of conscience, and breeds social, cultural, and economic degeneration. — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
“ISIS BEHEADS CIVILIANS WHILE WORLD KEEPS FORGETTING WHAT VICTIMS' SOULS R BEGGING: HUMANITY SAVE KOBANE” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
The destruction of the earth’s environment is the human rights challenge of our time. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
All humans in this world are like brothers and sisters and we should help each other likewise. — Hammody Ali Copy Share Image
The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
Credit is a human right that should be treated as a human right. If credit can be accepted as a human right,… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
But if USA has 1.3 billion people, USA would have the same human rights problem just like China. — Alex Chiu Copy Share Image
“The question, he (Lincoln) said over and over, is not what a man's particular abilities may be, but what his rights are… — Elton Trueblood Copy Share Image
“Only when we prove that international law and the human rights of all mankind are greater than any villain can we vanquish… — Jessica Shattuck Copy Share Image
Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have always claimed Americans didn't want a drink as bad as they wanted the right to take a drink if they… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“Let’s stand against the killing of innocent civilians. It is time to make the future better than today. Together we can bring… — Widad Akreyi Copy Share Image
My work is inspired by my passion for human rights issues and the environment, and by my love of family, music and… — Susan Dorothea White Copy Share Image
