People Quote by Asma Jahangir Download Open image “If state protects the rights of people, they start respecting the state.” — Asma Jahangir ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare People Protects Rights Start State
The States should be watchful to note every material usurpation on their rights; to denounce them as they occur in the most peremptory terms; to protest against them as wrongs to which our present submission shall be considered, not as acknowledgments or precedents of rights, but as a temporary yielding to the lesser evil, until their accumulation shall overweigh that… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share
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If you want my opinion, I say that this is a state based on occupation, that has usurped the rights of others. — Hassan Nasrallah Copy Share Image
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The state should say that there is place to maintain the Jewish majority even if it violates rights. — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
I am so proud of Pakistanis and specifically of our lawyers for speaking out and getting their heads bashed in for a better Pakistan. — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
A really responsible court will never give an order it knows will not be implemented. — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
I think I have lived enough in this country where I can say what I think is true and which is the voice of… — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
When General Musharraf took over, the Bar Association was among the first of some of the institutions that said they would not accept the… — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
Terrorism does not disappear with revenge tactics but through making justice and equality before law a reality. — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
I am certainly not a martyr kind of a person. I love my life. But if one has to, then there is nothing more… — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
She is absolutely inspiring. Malala is a vindication of our struggle. — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
I cannot bear to live where there is so much injustice and I cannot do something about it. What kind of a torturous life… — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
I don't need a certificate of my patriotism from those in the establishment. — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
Attempts are being made to turn Pakistan into a security state. If they succeed they should better rename it 'ISIstan.' — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
Religiosity is suffocating in Pakistan. It invariably stokes the fire in driving society to religious extremism. — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
I've been jailed once, put in police lock-up twice, and was under house arrest twice. — Asma Jahangir Copy Share Image
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