Human rights Quote by Burhan Ghalioun

Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be…

— Charles Albert Gobat

The promotion of human rights cannot be about exhortation alone. At times, it must be coupled with painstaking diplomacy. I know that engagement with…

— Barack Obama

In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.

— Ian Mckellen

The one thing more difficult than following a regime is keeping from imposing it on others.

— Marcel Proust

I am willing to take any measures when it comes to the fundamental principle of human rights.

— Ban Ki-moon

We must begin by acknowledging a hard truth. We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations, acting…

— Barack Obama

Human rights and international criminal law both illustrate the contradictory potential of international law. On one level, the imposition of human rights norms is…

— Richard A. Falk

If there is one thing more difficult than submitting oneself to a regime it is refraining from imposing it on other people.

— Marcel Proust

Respecting the sovereignty means preventing coups, unconstitutional actions and illegitimate overthrowing of the legitimate government. All these things should be totally prevented.

— Vladimir Putin

The respect for human rights is one of the most significant advantages of a free and democratic nation in the peaceful struggle for influence,…

— Jimmy Carter

In order, in order to enforce you can't force people to act right toward each other. You can't force, you cannot legislate heart, conditions…

— Malcolm X

All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights.

— Richard Stallman