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745 Human Rights quotes by 456 unique authors

Water must be free for sustenance needs. Since nature gives water to us free of cost, buying and selling it for profit violates our inherent… — Vandana Shiva
The spread of democracy, the new foundation of the rule of law, and the creation of fledgling representative governments that honor and respect human rights-together… — John Cornyn
Now is the time to take up the cause of the advancement of human rights for all and the moment is yours to grasp. — Romeo Dallaire
The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable — Barbara Mikulski
In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre. — Ed Markey
I think acceptance of human rights is going to progress from one day to the next. I don't think there's going to be any violent… — Erskine Caldwell
The language of intrinsic human rights represented a significant advance beyond the previous language of world religions in terms of its universal applicability and its… — Immanuel Wallerstein
In almost every case (where the United States has fought wars) our overwhelming commitment to freedom, democracy and human rights has required us to support… — Gore Vidal
I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try… — Samuel P. Huntington
We’ve always been involved with issues that deal with the fundamental human rights of people, whether that means the right to political freedom or the… — Mary Travers
We’ve learned that it will take more than one generation to bring about change. The fight for civil rights has developed into a broader concern… — Mary Travers
Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there… — Gerry Adams
In what terms should we think of these beings, nonhuman yet possessing so very many human-like characteristics? How should we treat them? Surely we should… — Jane Goodall
Human beings did not have rights. Human beings created, from nothing, the domain of human rights. They called it up. They languaged it. They communicated it. Communication has that… — Werner Erhard
We must stop constantly fighting for human rights and equal justice in an unjust system, and start building a society where equal rights are an… — Jacque Fresco
The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human rights, and economic development. The UN is as relevant today… — Chuck Hagel
I refer to calls for humanitarian intervention in the affairs of another state - a new idea, this - even when they are made under… — Boris Yeltsin
Women and gay people are the litmus test of whether a society is democratic and respecting human rights. We are the canaries in the mine. — Peter Tatchell
We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this… — Theresa May
When we get the remote Russian village online, what will get people to the Internet is not going to be reports from Human Rights Watch.… — Evgeny Morozov
More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. — Michael Anti
For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a… — Omar Bongo
We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of Venezuelans. — Leopoldo Lopez
Further, democratic negotiators, or foreign negotiation specialists accepted to assist in the negotiations, may in a single stroke provide the dictators with the domestic and… — Gene Sharp
At some point we must realize that actively defending against radical Islamic teachings is not a matter of cultural relativity. It is a matter of… — Armstrong Williams

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