Human Rights Quotes

745 quotes by 475 authors

We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material is not likely… — Julian Assange
Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates. — Michelle Bachelet
If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by… — Abigail Adams
We must do all we can to help improve the deplorable human rights situation of the North Korean people. — Evan Bayh
America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world. — William Bennett
Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences… — Pope Benedict XVI
A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism. — Benazir Bhutto
So what we're talking about here is human rights. The right to live like a human. The right to live, period. And what we're facing… — Bono
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from… — William J. Brennan
You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings. — Pearl S. Buck
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. — Warren Buffett
Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and… — Madeleine Albright
If we are going to try to get across to the poorest people in the world that we care about their plight and we want… — David Cameron
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America. — Jimmy Carter
Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood. — Jimmy Carter
At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes. — Jimmy Carter
For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the… — Jimmy Carter
I think all Americans believe in human rights. And health is an often overlooked aspect of basic human rights. And it's one that's easily corrected.… — Jimmy Carter
I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able… — Jimmy Carter
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. — Noam Chomsky

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