Maybe I'm less sensitive to these issues because I see that what people need first is economic security, and only when they… — Peter Munk Copy Share Image
Water must be free for sustenance needs. Since nature gives water to us free of cost, buying and selling it for profit… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
We've got to take back the ideal of justice, we've got to take back this principle of human dignity. We've got to… — David Kaczynski Copy Share Image
“If I were king, I would redress an abuse which cuts back, as it were, one half of human kind. I would… — Émilie Du Châtelet Copy Share Image
The reality is that no group of countries has any grounds for complacency about its own human rights performance and no group… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of… — William Hague Copy Share Image
There is one lesson from the past, in particular, that we cannot afford to ignore: You cannot make progress on gender equality… — Hillary Clinton 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
Well, human rights defenders, freedom of speech advocates, lawyers that we spoke to said this is really an expansion. After the military… — Leila Fadel Copy Share Image
Following World War II, the U.S. was the architect of the UN system, and the world financial system, and the Human Rights… — John Burroughs 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
“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
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
“Almost all modern governments are highly conscious of what journalism calls ‘world opinion.’ For sound reasons, mostly of an economic nature, they… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
We have enormous interests in the Asia Pacific. In addition to our economy, we need to secure our allies, protect our environment,… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
The United States, under President Trump, is abdicating an important moral obligation to all democracies by seeming to shrug off the most… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
The system of racial classification is fiction, and we need to thoughtfully evaluate whether perpetuating it rigidly or allowing fluidity across the… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
Even the worst dictator, there is not a single one of them who would say "Oh yes, I violate human rights." They… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I published a thesis about animal rights when I was studying in England in 1991. Back then, I was a human rights… — Park Won-soon Copy Share Image
The U.S.' refusal to acknowledge the plight of displaced Haitians and maintaining inhumane practices of neglect, disrespect, and violence amounts to a… — Opal Tometi Copy Share Image
The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings. We all seek happiness… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There are degrees of incompatibility, and there are more factors relevant to upholding democracy and human rights than the operation of neoliberal… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
President Bush met repeatedly with human rights activists and freedom fighters from all over the world to give them encouragement and protection… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
I'm a liberal when it comes to human rights, the poor; so's George Bush. . . . But Liberal and Conservative don't… — Barbara Bush Copy Share Image
The Chinese government attaches importance to, and protects, human rights. We have incorporated these lines into the Chinese constitution, and we also… — Wen Jiabao Copy Share Image
To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public… — Hans Rosling Copy Share Image
I want to take human rights out of their box. I want to show the relevance of the universal principles of human… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
After I graduated in Vancouver, I had been working on a book about war-affected children and land mines with the foreign minister… — Hannah Simone Copy Share Image
As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in the list… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
I will not ascribe to the 'Blame America' club for vicious abuses of human rights, systemic exploitation of Cuban labor, unrelenting repression,… — Bob Menendez Copy Share Image
It is easily and often overlooked that when Thomas Jefferson asserted that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable human… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
It's something fundamental to me, human rights that people are equal under law simply because they are human beings. And I can… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
Humanitarian assistance and exchanges are still allowed, even under the sanctions regime on North Korea. Therefore, in parallel with sanctions and pressure,… — Moon Jae-in Copy Share Image
I see courage everywhere I go in Africa. Fearless human rights activists in Darfur. Women peace advocates in eastern Congo. Former child… — John Prendergast Copy Share Image
Human rights groups around the world, certainly sees that Saddam Hussein makes Slobodan Milosevic, who is a war criminal, look like a… — Curt Weldon Copy Share Image
We oppress people, we make our victims small wherever they are, whether they are a black girl in a rural community in,… — Roma Tearne Copy Share Image
To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
