“IT’S ALL CLEAR ISIS INVADES YOUR SPHERE YET NO ONE IMAGINES YOUR FEAR BUT DON'T WORRY TAUSSI MELEK IS HERE RESTORING LIVES… — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
The struggle for freedom and human rights is universal and Canada used to be a leader. — Erin O'Toole Copy Share Image
Good or bad people can be democratically elected, but it is always easy to fight for human rights under this system. — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
All constitutions, those of the States no less than that of the nation, are designed, and must be interpreted and administered so… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Peace is more than just an absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom, and true peace dictates the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Human rights are for those who can behave like humans. If you can't act responsibly you relinquish that right. — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
The spread of democracy, the new foundation of the rule of law, and the creation of fledgling representative governments that honor and… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
I look forward to strengthening the U.S.-U.N. partnership and working closely with Secretary of State Kerry towards our shared goals of peace,… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point -… — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We are fighting for the right to live as free humans in this society. In fact, we are actually fighting for rights… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Contrary to the myth that the U.K. respects decisions of the Strasbourg court but many other adherent states do not, the convention… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law in… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The overriding need is "to develop a new Planetary Humanism" that will seek to preserve human rights and enhance human freedom and… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
When people are oppressed, and human rights are denied - particularly along sectarian lines or ethnic lines - when dissent is silenced,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“As I write this, we are in an especially divisive era in American politics. There are questions about who holds power, who… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
We are enjoying in Africa what I call the democracy dividend. The progress we are seeing, economic development are all part of… — John Dramani Mahama Copy Share Image
In human rights theory it is very important that governments still have the primary responsibility for the standards and provision of such… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
“We have laws about human rights in place for a reason and even if those laws are so often not enforced BY… — Darlene Ouimet Copy Share Image
“USA drone attacks are a crime against humanity, We Need Humanity , More than Cleverness, We need kindness, We need all of… — Suraj Copy Share Image
It’s notable that the countries that most pride themselves on their commitment to equality, human rights, and democracy (like the United States… — Aviva Chomsky Copy Share Image
What this man did, Fidel Castro, is he oppressed his people for nearly six decades. That legacy is firing squads. It's poverty.… — Molly Qerim Copy Share Image
The U.S. government officials lie when they talk about human rights. They're a bunch of hypocrites and liars. You can't take it… — Eqbal Ahmad Copy Share Image
Part of our history includes the long struggle to pass the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance. — Fred Eychaner Copy Share Image
“No human being should be maltreated under any circumstances. We are all wonderful creation of God. May we affectionately love one another.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Because to take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign are standing up and fighting the important fights that have to be fought. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom, and China will, in the end, become… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
Every generation has the obligation to free men's minds for a look at new worlds . . . to look out from… — Ellison Onizuka Copy Share Image
We want to return to the European Union and play our part in building a continent that's based on human rights, on… — Humza Yousaf Copy Share Image
Human rights problems will always exist for years to come, but maybe they'll lessen somewhat. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE AND TELL EVERYONE HOW THEY SPONSOR... THE KILLING OF THE YAZIDI NATION” — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
Women had always fought for men, and for their children. Now they were ready to fight for their own human rights. Our… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling… — Ed Markey Copy Share Image
