“One cannot fail to notice the inconsistency of those rejecting human rights: their rejection takes place in the public square created by… — Filip Spagnoli Copy Share Image
“To acknowledge that history is not deterministic is to acknowledge that it is just a coincidence that most people today believe in… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the… — Bianca Jagger Copy Share Image
Since January 2002, when the United States began detaining at Guantanamo Bay enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other fronts in… — Linda Chavez Copy Share Image
I view the United States, today, much like East Berlin. And I'm off the grid. I've tried for 20 years to warn… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse… — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
The connection between toxicity and cancer and safe air and water and food, all of that was important all along, as were… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
“There is surely no reason for Western civilization to have guilt trips laid on it by champions of cultures based on despotism,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
Someone wrote in the New York Times recently that if Donald Trump was allowed to go through with his plans, he'd become… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the United States and a few other governments have used the war on terrorism as a way of violating human rights.… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
“Proceed, philosophers, teach, enlighten, enkindle, think aloud, speak aloud, run joyously towards the bright daylight, fraternise in the public squares, announce the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Human Rights Watch: “Nationwide, the rate of drug admissions to state prison for black men is thirteen times greater than the rate… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
“Whatever happened in those more than one hundred years, from the time my great-great-great grandfather studied law to the time when my… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
Human rights' are a fine thing, but how can we make ourselves sure that our rights do not expand at the expense… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If globalization is to realise its potential as a force for good, we have to look more closely at the means by… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
“They talk about human rights until the rights include things they personally do not like as alternatives. There needs to be Frank… — Leviak B. Kelly Copy Share Image
I'm a human rights activist and it doesn't make any sense not to treat everybody the exact same way. It just doesn't… — Mehcad Brooks Copy Share Image
Because no matter who we are or where we come from, we're all entitled to the basic human rights of clean air… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It's one thing to say you're feminist, but then what does that mean? Not selling arms to a regime that is the… — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
“By contrast, if one conceives the idea of human rights as centring on the notion that each individual is completely autonomous and… — Mary Midgley Copy Share Image
“Snowden’s itinerary does, however, seem to bear the fingerprints of Julian Assange. Assange was often quick to criticise the US and other… — Luke Harding Copy Share Image
..I think there is less cynicism about human rights than there was. The work we are doing is part of the overall… — Martin Ennals Copy Share Image
We've got to listen to other people's voices, respect them, but keep in mind, and I believe in terms of the things… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
I was a human rights lawyer for 20 years, I believed those values of dignity, equality and non-discrimination were a given. believed… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
The framework for everything I've done has been human rights. That is about protecting the vulnerable and giving people access to courts… — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
“Mankind being originally equals in the order of creation, the equality could only be destroyed by some subsequent circumstance; the distinctions of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
As someone who cares about human rights, I am deeply dismayed to learn that Mr. McCain's charity has accepted money from Saudi… — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
There is no news value to the content of those [Newtown 911] tapes. The actual audio is of no news value at… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
I'm all in favor of animal rights, but I'd like to see the food movement take a much stronger stand in defense… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
“People who emphasize extrinsic values show higher levels of prejudice, less concern for human rights, lower levels of behavior to protect the… — Jonah Sachs Copy Share Image
“We huddle tightly together as cowards, protecting the ranks of our false collective identity from "less-human" intruders, when the only obvious and… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
I have gotten the sense that developments when it comes to human rights are very alarming. In the long term, it needs… — Sebastian Kurz Copy Share Image
The covenant between Jews and God was conditional on their respect for human rights. The reason they were expelled from the land… — Stephen Sizer Copy Share Image
Grounded in international human rights, gender equality doesn’t just improve the lives of individual women, girls, and their families; it makes economic… — Helen Clark Copy Share Image
It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali Copy Share Image
The biggest obstacle in interacting with China is the difference in perspectives about basic values. These include issues such as human rights,… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
“Our faith in the Trinity puts us under an obligation to struggle at every level, from the strictly personal to the highly… — Kallistos Ware Copy Share Image