Human Right Quotes

71 Human Right quotes by 60 unique authors

We have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
If a man has the right to self-ownership, to the control of his life, then in the real world he must also have the right… — Murray Rothbard
The health of a society is truly measured by the quality of its concern and care for the health of its members . . .… — Unknown Author
Such a little thing really, a kiss... most people don't give it a moment's consideration. They kiss on meeting, they kiss on parting, that simple… — Sarah Kay
Anyone who says that economic security is a human right, has been to much babied. While he babbles, other men are risking and losing their… — Rose Wilder Lane
If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right? — Paul Farmer
The freedom to share one's insights and judgments verbally or in writing is, just like the freedom to think, a holy and inalienable right of… — Unknown Author
What we're about is the belief that access to affordable and real-time health information is a basic human right, and it's a civil right. — Elizabeth Holmes
Due to the oath I swore to the constitution when I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, by virtue of the universal human right… — Adam Kokesh
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and… — Kofi Annan
We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war. — Paddy Ashdown
Healthcare should be a human right and not a commodity for sale. — Jim Wallis
Education is a human right with immense power to transform — Kofi Annan
For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right. — Kofi Annan
We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right. — Aretha Franklin
Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right. — Anthony Horowitz
Music is a fundamental human right — Gustavo Dudamel
There is, however, one other human right which is infrequently mentioned but which seems to be destined to become very important: this is the right,… — Albert Einstein
In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a… — Keith O'Brien
I believe that it is our human right to be parents and women. And there's no contradiction between feminism, which means women should have all… — Anne Roiphe
The church acknowledges some Scientologists choose to sever communications with family members who leave. The church says it is a fundamental human right to cease… — John Sweeney
Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Rampant technolgy eliminates luxury, but not by declaring privilege a human right; rather, it does so by both raising the general standard of living and… — Theodor Adorno
The man who holds that every human right is secondary to his profit must now give way to the advocate of human welfare. — Theodore Roosevelt
Freedom from indoctrination ought to be a basic human right for all children. — Bjorn Ulvaeus

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