Has beens Quote by Amy Klobuchar

Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application of the word "human."

— Anonymous

In general, talking about human rights tends to be very persuasive for people who care about human rights.

— Nicholas D. Kristof

The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not want to…

— Tom Stoppard

If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.

— Ai Weiwei

Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.

— Trevor Phillips

“The concept of human rights had been invented by people who were thinking only of human beings”

— Yōko Tawada

For the last couple of hundred years, there have been struggles about this. Even the Fifth and Sixth Amendments of the constitution talk about…

— Noam Chomsky

People are dreaming if they think they have rights. They've never had rights. There's no such thing.

— George Carlin

Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you…

— Wangari Maathai

We can never protect the rights by only thinking about our rights. By performing the universal responsibility with a compassionate mind, you can protect…

— Lobsang Tenzin

No people have risen who thought only of rights. Only those did so who thought of duties.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There's no question in my mind but that rights are never won unless people are willing to fight for them.

— Eleanor Smeal