A 'human right' is, by definition, timeless. It cannot adhere to some societies and not others, at some times and not at… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment… — William Hague Copy Share Image
What strikes me most of all in Christian culture, which is supposed to be concerned with the rights of the weakest, is… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
It's really important to me to show the interconnectedness of things. I always try to illustrate how environmentalism, humanitarianism, animal rights -… — Daryl Hannah Copy Share Image
I will never surrender the rights of the individual - the complete rights of the individual - to any "ism" whatever. — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“Women's rights must not be treated as trivial adjuncts to great questions of war and peace, poverty and development. What's at stake… — Michelle Goldberg Copy Share Image
Its up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional rights of every American to sit alone in a dark room in the nude and… — Pat Paulsen Copy Share Image
We are confronted primarily with a moral issue... whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Would they not fear that citizens not less tenacious than conscious of their rights would flock from the remotest extremes of their… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Unless democracy is to commit suicide by consenting to its own destruction, it will have to find some formidable answer to those… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Population growth is straining the Earth's resources to the breaking point, and educating girls is the single most important factor in stabilizing… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The success of any development project is based on encouraging people to shoulder their own responsibilities and become aware of their own… — Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
Today, we stand as a united country and are much closer to the ideals set forth in our Constitution that all men… — Jim Ryun Copy Share Image
Social justice is collectivism. Social justice is the rights of a group. It denies individual responsibility. It's a negation of individual responsibility,… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We are now facing a difficult situation in Peru, where there are attempts to cut back the territorial rights of the indigenous… — Evaristo Nugkuag Copy Share Image
The promotion of human rights cannot be about exhortation alone. At times, it must be coupled with painstaking diplomacy. I know that… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Complaints are everywhere heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Americans' liberty is perishing beneath the constant growth of government power. Federal, state and local government's are confiscating citizens' property, trampling their… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Let us hope our weapons are never needed -but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers… Sell a country! Why not sell the… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
...I believe it is woman's right to have a voice in all the laws and regulations by which she is to be… — Angelina Grimke Copy Share Image
“Many of the innovations in science and philosophy have come from unbelievers, some of whom died for their 'unbeliefs.' Without unbelief, we… — Gordon Stein Copy Share Image
I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
And also a lot of Muslims are no more religious then the average Swede. For them it's natural that human rights come… — Bjorn Ulvaeus Copy Share Image
Poor whites didn't have rights. They made all kind of restrictions on voting. So person meant relatively well - off, free white… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
China recognizes and also respects the universality of human rights. We will continue our efforts to promote democracy and the rule of… — Hu Jintao Copy Share Image
Race should not be used to claim privileges and rights for one group, exclusively, which are denied other different groups. Then that… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
A free people claim their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their magistrate. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
As a feminist you feel you have to be actively doing things to relieve women’s plight. Actually, feminism is just thinking we… — Evie Wyld Copy Share Image
Infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates of liberty… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Gays and lesbians should have the same rights as anybody else, and when they're in Jamaica, they do have the same rights. — Shaggy Copy Share Image
Immigrants, who contribute greatly to our economy as law-abiding taxpayers, deserve to have their rights protected and their voices heard. — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
Our society is obsessed with personal rights, but it will survive only if we adopt personal obligations. — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
