Human Right Quotes
71 quotes by 62 authors
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Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right…
— Bob Barr
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Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
— Kofi Annan
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There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right…
— Nelson Mandela
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The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That no condition of birth, no…
— Theodore Dwight Weld
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My vision for the future? Two things: to make credit a human right so that each individual human being will have the opportunity to take…
— Muhammad Yunus
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Credit is a human right that should be treated as a human right. If credit can be accepted as a human right, then all other…
— Muhammad Yunus
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As people alive today, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our…
— Dalai Lama
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We in Europe ... do not consider the freedom to buy weapons a human right.
— Gisela Kallenbach
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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
— Jimmy Carter
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I believe that decisions about the timing and manner of death belong to the individual as a human right. I believe it is wrong to…
— A.C. Grayling
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There can be no real growth without healthy populations. No sustainable development without tackling disease and malnutrition. No international security without assisting crisis-ridden countries. And…
— Gro Harlem Brundtland
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And we who have toiled for freedom's law, have we sought for freedom's soul? Have we learned at last that human right is not a…
— John Boyle O'Reilly
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It is my aspiration that health finally will be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be…
— Kofi Annan
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You don’t need to be a completely complete human right now … That’s what makes you human.
— Tavi Gevinson
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Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If we can't take charge of this most personal aspect of our lives, we can't…
— Faye Wattleton
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I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.
— Imelda Marcos
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We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I believe very strongly…
— Coretta Scott King
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Every social trait labelled masculine or feminine is in truth a human trait. It is our human right to develop and contribute our talents whatever…
— Wilma Scott Heide
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The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend him or herself.
— Pope Francis
Who Wrote These Human Right Quotes
62 authors contributed a total of 71 Human Right Quotes, led by these top contributors: