We should not give up and say that the situation is hopeless. There is still our conscience, there is still the memory… — Lidia Yusupova Copy Share Image
A lot of young people are very cynical about the political framework because they see the countries that preach democracy and human… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto… — John Charles Polanyi Copy Share Image
I would like the refugee crisis to become a new beginning in the Turkish-European relationship. But it would be very problematic if,… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
Connecticut is proud of the human rights legacy of Thomas Dodd, and the work of the University of Connecticut to build on… — Ned Lamont Copy Share Image
Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
China is a developing country with a huge population, and also a developing country in a crucial stage of reform. In this… — Hu Jintao Copy Share Image
Any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries that sponsor terrorism to remain as members, such as Cuba, is not real reform.… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
“The views of the Courts in regard to imprisonment have however undergone modification in the last ten years. Imprisonment is seen more… — V.G. Hiemstra Copy Share Image
“What we are against will unite us, while what we are for divides us. Therefore, we should emphasise what we oppose. The… — Alexander Dugin Copy Share Image
We hold that the ownership of private property is the right and privilege of every American citizen and is one of the… — John Rarick Copy Share Image
“The modern West has been deeply split about freedom and responsibility. On the one hand, it has championed human freedom in many… — David F. Ford Copy Share Image
“At first glance, one might assume that a peacekeeping soldier from Pakistan, a diplomat from the United States, and a human rights… — Severine Autesserre Copy Share Image
When the life of the nation was attempted, when the cause of liberty and human rights called for their aid, they rushed… — Carl Schurz Copy Share Image
We need to learn from history. These same leaders - [Barack] Obama, [Hillary] Clinton, and far too many Republicans - want to… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
“An essential truth about Eisenhower and Dulles’s policy on the Soviet Union is revealed in these minutes. Though they talked tough for… — Alex von Tunzelmann Copy Share Image
There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights. Dr. King did not stir us to… — Dorothy Height Copy Share Image
To me, celebrity doesn't mean a whole lot unless you're willing to use it. So I wanted to use it in a… — Judith Light Copy Share Image
When human rights are systematically abused, it raises the question whether it may be legitimate in some circumstances for the international community… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
Bill Maher is right to condemn religious practices that violate fundamental human rights. Religious communities must do more to counter extremist interpretations… — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
Those of us who believe in human rights and the truth - particularly the journalists and the media - should stand in… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
We must build a movement for education, not incarceration. A movement for jobs, not jails. A movement that will end all forms… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Joe Biden will speak to the nation's largest gay rights group during a human rights convention on Friday. Then on Saturday, he… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support'… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
If human rights are an attribute of being human, then we must consider the fact that tens of millions of displaced people… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Here in the United States, corporations has human rights. And then why not - why not nature also, if corporations can defend… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
“Marx concocted his heresy in a time in which greatly increased knowledge of nature had, as we remarked earlier, sent Nature’s God… — Revilo P. Oliver Copy Share Image
There's this big debate that goes on in America about what rights are: Civil rights, human rights, what they are? it's an… — Julian Bond Copy Share Image
A total of 111 people were killed on Wednesday in operations Assad forces staged in several cities of Syria. According to the… — World Bulletin Copy Share Image
An institution that...would permit Iraq, a terrorist state that refuses to disarm, to become soon the chair of the United Nations Commission… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Look at the Israel-Palestine conflict, for example. If you look at a map from 1947 to now, you'll see that Israel has… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“Esau sold his birth right, because he wanted a plate of meal. Today, When I look in the news, social media and… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
“What would it mean for us to come to terms with the knowledge that civilization, our whole mode of development and culture,… — John Sanbonmatsu Copy Share Image
“Naskar it! (Sonnet 2855-2857) At birth they tag you with a flag, a script to follow, a tribe to brag - tell… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected. The cost of labor has been nullified through the degradation of Africans at the bottom… — Siddharth Kara Copy Share Image
“They anti-treatment faction will argue -truthfully- that treatments can be painful, or inhumane, and will even suggest that some treatments are a… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“By creating a society in which all people, of all colors, were granted freedom and citizenship, the Haitian Revolution forever transformed the… — Laurent Dubois Copy Share Image
“For the normative self-understanding of modernity, Christianity has functioned as more than just a precursor or catalyst. Universalistic egalitarianism, from which sprang… — Jürgen Habermas Copy Share Image
“Hypocrisy, double standards, and "but nots" are the price of universalist pretensions. Democracy is promoted, but not if it brings Islamic fundamentalists… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
It was tricky [to write about Israelis], because everyone has an opinion about the Arab - Israeli conflict, and when I first… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image