“Snowden's lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, is a notable public figure, and founder of the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation, a pro-Kremlin think-tank which… — Edward Lucas Copy Share Image
I go to places and I see all these people working on peace education and on a culture of nonviolence and non-killing.… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
“Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold…Peace… — Tenzin Gyatso Copy Share Image
Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the… — Stockwell Day Copy Share Image
For those who have envisioned the State of Israel to be a democracy, which although primarily a Jewish polity for Jews is… — David Novak Copy Share Image
I think it's extremely valuable for us to be able to have a conversation in more than one dialect, speaking to more… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I do not criticize people who take a public stand on human rights issues. I express my respect for them. But some… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Hiding behind such sacred terms as human rights and distributive justice, politicians and intellectuals alike have perpetrated a gargantuan ruse on humankind:… — Gonzalo Fernandez de la Mora Copy Share Image
Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
“Do you really believe that freedom of choice exists? India still has a caste system. Most of the Middle East treats women… — Jack Kilborn Copy Share Image
In terms of what is the solution is going forward, in my view, it is the grassroots human-rights groups - both Israeli… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the… — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
“As the twenty-first century unfolds, nationalism is fast losing ground. More and more people believe that all of humankind is the legitimate… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
When we get the remote Russian village online, what will get people to the Internet is not going to be reports from… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
[Michael] Brown's mom, Lesley McSpadden, is the latest African American mother whose tear-streaked face forces the nation to remember the name of… — Jonathan Capehart Copy Share Image
The United States will rightfully go on deploring human rights excesses in the Soviet Union. And it is hardly likely Americans will… — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
Well, this is an unfortunate part of the UN institution. It's the - the theater of the absurd. It doesn't only cast… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
We've been in the nation-building business since World War I, and especially since WWII. The goal is not a Jeffersonian Democracy in… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
The new narrative for Europe should be about the need to have a responsible organisation, the need to be able to defend… — Jose Manuel Barroso Copy Share Image
Thousands of people's lives improved in this country through human rights laws. Individual people taking on the all-powerful state and winning. You'd… — Sadiq Khan Copy Share Image
“In the absence of strong political movements for human rights, the active process of bearing witness inevitably gives way to the active… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
It was never the people who complained of the universality of human rights, nor did the people consider human rights as a… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
“What a man! He certainly seems to have the run of this country. Just shows how one can push a democracy around,… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“Matatizo ya kijamii, kimiiko, kimaadili, kisiasa, na kiroho; hayataweza kutatuliwa kwa pesa, vikao vya kifamilia, haki za binadamu, usalama wa taifa, au… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“If we accept the premise that human rights are granted by by government, then we must be willing to accept the corollary… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The idea of justice - even just dreaming of justice - is revolutionary. The language of human rights tends to accept a… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
The year 2015 brought me so many further chances to spread the word about human rights violations in North Korea, from addressing… — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
Terrorism can never be accepted. We must fight it together, with methods that do not compromise our respect for the rule of… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
I would like to see an agreement that recognizes that we live on the same planet and that some interests, such as… — Ninian Smart Copy Share Image
We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I support engagement, diplomacy, and trade with Cuba, China, Vietnam, and many countries with less than stellar human rights records, because I… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Blasphemy laws are...an outdated Orwellian thought-policing species of law that force people into psychological submission by making it a crime to question,… — John Michael Sherlock Copy Share Image
“This place does not feel like my country. It feels like countries I have read about where things are very bad. It… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
I do not think that it is right for me to start giving opinions about the human rights situation of any country,… — Fatou Bensouda Copy Share Image
The disagreeable reality for those who believe in human rights is that there are some occasions-and Iraq may be one of them-when… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Human rights in China should absolutely play a role in broader U.S. policy toward China. When we look the other way on… — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
It is still in the lap of the gods whether a society can succeed which is based on "civil liberties and human… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image