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I have cherished the ideal a democratic and free society . . . it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. — Eleanor Roosevelt
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
We must understand the role of human rights as empowering of individuals and communities. By protecting these rights, we can help prevent the many conflicts… — Mary Robinson
We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights. — Kofi Annan
We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty… — Nelson Mandela
Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness. That is why… — Irene Khan
The MDGs have been useful in moving human rights and development discourse together and in highlighting the need for greater accountability at all levels. — Mary Robinson
Human rights means that each individual should be treated with respect, dignity and equality. — Tony Fernandes
From the Balkans to Africa, from Asia to the Middle East, we have witnessed the weakening or absence of effective governance leading to the ravaging… — Ban Ki-moon
A future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with an equal stake in shaping the next chapter… — Kevin Rudd
The protection of human rights to promote the dignity of the individual is too important a matter for symbolic gestures alone. It is only through… — Alexander Downer
The Declaration has a moral power which is of enormous weight and influence. The statement of the rights represent a goal, or a standard, to… — Unknown Author
I stand here struggling for the rights of my people to be full citizens in this country. They are not-in Mississippi. They are not-in Montgomery.… — Paul Robeson
A United Nations that will not stand up for human rights is a United Nations that cannot stand up for itself. — Kofi Annan
If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing. — Mary Frances Berry
The best way to be more free is to grant more freedom to others. — Carlo Dossi
My own country's record on human rights for gay people is far from perfect. — Hillary Clinton
Gay rights and human rights are...one and the same. — Hillary Clinton
It is a violation of human rights when governments declare it illegal to be gay. — Hillary Clinton
What was once justified as sanctioned by God is now properly reviled as an unconscionable violation of human rights. — Hillary Clinton
No practice or tradition trumps the human rights that belong to all of us. — Hillary Clinton
It is because the human experience is universal that human rights are universal. — Hillary Clinton
Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. — Joichi Ito
The ultimate destiny of the human race is the greatest moral perfection, provided that it is achieved through human freedom, whereby alone man is capable… — Immanuel Kant
Remember always that there not so very much difference between various people as we seem to imagine. Maps and atlases show us countries in different… — Jawaharlal Nehru

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