Attitudes Quote by Ai Weiwei

That term, 'human rights', makes me ill.Human rights are only for 'humans', therefore for the West. And for the rest of the Planet: there,…

— Andre Vltchek

It seems clear to me that the Obama Administration has no human rights policy. That is, while in some inchoate sense they would like…

— Elliott Abrams

Human rights are particularly cherished by the West, which has never acknowledged economic rights. Human rights mean freedom from politcal oppression, tyranny and abuse,…

— Jeremy Seabrook

You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could only be…

— Elizabeth Evatt

Human rights are being told all over the world, but there is no state where the economical freedom is being told. Economical freedom begins…

— Ilkin Santak

I do think that every super power on the globe has a very poor record on human rights.

— Ed Schultz

It was never the people who complained of the universality of human rights, nor did the people consider human rights as a Western or…

— Vaclav Havel

China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.

— Ai Weiwei

Our concern for human rights comes to the fore when there are gross violations of human decencies. Then other countries, including China, must recognize…

— Henry A. Kissinger

Big global players like China need to do a better job of respecting human rights.

— Justin Trudeau

“Human rights are being violated on every continent. More people are oppressed than free. How can one not be sensitive to their plight? Human…

— Elie Wiesel

There may be circumstances in which damaging our relationship with countries over human rights is counterproductive and the benefits to human rights may be…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski