Basic human rights Quote by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Rights don't come from human documents. The very idea is only worthy of contempt. Human documents are nothing but pieces of paper, they are…

— Alan Keyes

“Men are born, and always continue, free and equal in respect of their rights. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, France, 1789”

— Phyllis Goldstein

As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in the list of human…

— Rene Cassin

The Declaration of Independence to which these great men affixed their signatures is much more than a political document. It constitutes a spiritual manifesto-revel…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“THE DECLARATION of the Rights of Man at the end of the eighteenth century was a turning point in history. It meant nothing more…

— Hannah Arendt

Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

— Rafael Cruz

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

— Yōko Tawada

I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I…

— Antonio Tabucchi

The Universal Declaration of Human rights is a transformational document that recognizes the inherent dignity and equal rights of all people.

— Ned Lamont

The Declaration of Independence . . . [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Social distinctions can be based only on common utility.” —Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, article 1, 1789”

— Thomas Piketty

Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.

— Woodrow Wilson