Government Quote by Breyten Breytenbach

There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life…

— Mother Teresa

“Government is the human attempt to mandate goodness and ensure fairness. Yet there is only one place where goodness is born, and that is…

— Neale Donald Walsch

What kind of government is this? This is a human being. This is not right, and I'm telling everybody you better call your congressman,…

— Michael Schiavo

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.

— Mother Teresa

“The government of human beings, he argued, is a matter not of applying cold rules and principles, but of tending to warm sentiments and…

— Yuval Levin

“A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests. Mankind, it…

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. We balance inconveniences; we…

— Edmund Burke

You can't run a government solely on a business basis...Government should be human. It should have a heart.

— Herbert H. Lehman

Government is not a human institution. It is a divine institution that humans are to run on His behalf. When they create their own…

— Tony Evans

I'm convinced after spending three weeks in China and Tibet, unless the United States gets its act together, our grandchildren will be living in…

— Mort Kondracke

It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the…

— Breyten Breytenbach