Century Quote by Carol Bellamy

A child, like all other human beings, has inalienable rights.

— Lucretia Mott

All children have rights and those rights must be protected.

— Novak Djokovic

The social rights of children must be recognized so that a world suited to their needs may be constructed for them. The greatest crime…

— Maria Montessori

Unfortunately, I have witnessed millions of children suffering from the deprivation of basic rights such as the rights to education, the rights to health…

— Choi Si-won

Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation.

— Laura Schlessinger

“Cumulative child sexual abuse pervades the curtains of great economies in the world today. From the fields to machines, to the locked doors and…

— Henrietta Newton Martin

Human rights without responsibility, without a sense of decency, a sense of compassion, is not good enough for a society to flourish... We need…

— Tu Weiming

If the goal of the No Child Left Behind Act is to ensure that all children meet state standards, then allowing large numbers of…

— Roy Barnes

If we would have our citizens contented and law-abiding, we must not sow the seeds of discontent in childhood by denying children their birthright…

— Theodore Roosevelt

No guarantees come with children's liberation. But neither the promise of great benefits to all nor the prediction of great difficulties ahead can serve…

— Richard Farson

The idea is quite unfounded that on entering into society we give up any natural rights.

— Thomas Jefferson

Every day, new laws are created that further hamper the ways children can engage with the world.

— Gever Tulley