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745 Human Rights quotes by 456 unique authors

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
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home. — Eleanor Roosevelt
For me, campaigning and good business is also about putting forward solutions, not just opposing destructive practices or human rights abuses. — Anita Roddick
The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies...If the right to life is not defended decisively as a… — Pope John Paul II
The inviolability of the person which is a reflection of the absolute inviolability of God, finds its primary and fundamental expression in the inviolability of… — Pope John Paul II
The right to life is the first among human rights. — Pope Francis
History down through the centuries has proved again and again that there can be but one outcome to a struggle for selfish power against forces… — Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.
We should seek international support for our mutual objectives abroad, in promoting freedom, democracy, respect for human rights, and also the elimination of weapons of… — Bob Menendez
I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for. — Helen Suzman
Human rights without responsibility, without a sense of decency, a sense of compassion, is not good enough for a society to flourish... We need to… — Unknown Author
Citizenship has not delivered Indigenous Australians the same quality of life other Australians expect. Basic human rights involve health, housing, education, employment, economic opportunity, and… — Jackie Huggins
Blasphemy laws are...an outdated Orwellian thought-policing species of law that force people into psychological submission by making it a crime to question, criticise and exercise… — Unknown Author
We can drift along as though there were still a cold war, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons that will never be used,… — Jimmy Carter
You have to see human rights as an all-embracing concept. It could be something that would unite the world, if it could only be seen… — Elizabeth Evatt
Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this. — Nicole Kidman
One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of… — Nicole Kidman
We cannot allow some people to be left at the back of the human rights bus... We must ensure the rights of individual groups or… — Unknown Author
To me, a feminist belong in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a… — Suzanne Vega
I thought of myself as an atheist until I realized it was a belief, too. It's a shame everything has to have a label. I… — George Carlin
Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I believe in a world of justice and human rights for all. A world where girls can grow up free of fear of abuse. A… — Ban Ki-moon
A century that began with children having virtually no rights is ending with children having the most powerful legal instrument that not only recognizes but… — Carol Bellamy
We physicians have focused on the nuclear threat as the singular issue of our era. We are not indifferent to other human rights and hard-won… — Bernard Lown
Let us leave the EEC, abolish human rights laws, take TV sets, pool tables and phones out of prisons, bring back corporal and capital punishment,… — Ken Bates
I don't want a moratorium on the death penalty. I want the abolition of it. I can't understand why a country [USA] that's so committed… — Desmond Tutu

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