I learnt about the universe. I learnt about human rights and human dignity - this was so new to me. — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
As human rights throughout the world continue to be abused, Raoul Wallenberg stands as a courageous example that should inspire us all, — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
U.S. lawmakers should take a firm and principled stand consistent with their rhetoric about the importance of human rights and democracy in… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
“With "gay marriage," the last shreds of meaning will be stripped away from marriage, with homosexuals finishing what faithless, selfish heterosexuals have… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential. — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
“You want Change, today we'll show you Change! Here's your democracy, your human rights, eat it, eat eat eat!” — NoViolet Bulawayo Copy Share Image
There can be no compromise on the right of personal security; there can be no compromise on securing of human rights. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats… — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
This is the company we keep when it comes to the death penalty: China, the number one executing country; Iran, Iraq, Saudi… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
Should the U.S. grant preferential treatment on trade to an egregious human rights violator that allows human traffickers to operate unencumbered within… — Mark Meadows Copy Share Image
I know of no civilization that tolerates or justifies violence, terrorism, or injustice. There is no civilization that justifies the killing of… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect… — Elton Gallegly Copy Share Image
“Two principles have stood face-to-face from the beginning of time; and they will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The world is a challenging place in terms of wars and peace, basic human rights and freedoms. The Holy Father has a… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image
“Slavery's fundamental offense against human rights was not that it took liberty away (which can happen in many other situations), but that… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“For many years there have been rumours of mind control experiments. in the United States. In the early 1970s, the first of… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The establishment can't admit [that] it is human rights violations that make ... countries attractive to business - so history has to… — Edward S. Herman Copy Share Image
“As I was editing this chapter, a survey of more than thirty-five hundred Australian surgeons revealed a culture rife with bullying, discrimination,… — Cordelia Fine Copy Share Image
The great ideas of the West - rationalism, self-criticism, the disinterested search for truth, the separation of church and state, the rule… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Human beings are equal to one another. No one has any right nor any preference to claim over another. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And we who have toiled for freedom's law, have we sought for freedom's soul? Have we learned at last that human right… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Peace, development and human rights are essentially inter-related, inter-dependent and indivisible. — Theo van Boven Copy Share Image
“Any silly ism or stupid book that considers men above women, must be shunned like a lowlife demon. For, all's one, barring… — Fakeer Ishavardas Copy Share Image
There is no western concern for issues of aggression, atrocities, human rights abuses and so on if there's a profit to be… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
To ask for 'our rights' is our right... the state may or may not accede to our demands... but our right to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right? — Paul Farmer Copy Share Image
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree… — Eleanor Holmes Norton Copy Share Image
Peace is a civil right which makes other human rights possible. Peace is a precondition for our existence. Peace permits our continued… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
“Freedom rings bells to wake us from the comfort of beautiful dreams and empower the efforts that turn them into reality.” — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create… — Mary Frances Berry Copy Share Image
The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
My parents being from Nigeria deeply informs all my social justice and human rights work. — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image