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I think this president has so badly abused his power, breached his trust in remarkable ways with our Congress, with the American people, has violated… — Rocky Anderson
I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions. The most important dichotomy that I make for a society… — Akbar Ganji
Is the Reformed faith opposed to human rights? Yes, very much so. It is not human rights but Divine law which is the foundation of… — James B. Jordan
The end of the occupation. The right of return of the Palestinian people. These are critical dividing lines in human rights. We have to be… — Van Jones
I'm a recreational pot-smoker. There has never been enough of a distinction between marijuana and other drugs. It's a human rights issue, a censorship issue,… — Frances McDormand
My family’s said to me from the beginning, ‘People are always going to tell you to pick what you want to be when you grow… — Hannah Simone
Democracies don't go to war against each other, and by and large they don't sponsor terrorism. They're more likely to respect the environment and human… — William J. Clinton
Violence against women is the single greatest human rights violation of our generation, — Patrick Stewart
If the U.N. were to be successful in its efforts to control the Internet, countries where human rights records range from questionable to criminal could… — John Doolittle
Peace, non-violence, human rights and the environment - if only everybody saw these as the seamless whole that they are — Jonathon Porritt
The UN Declaration of Human Rights laid down what any person might reasonably expect, yet there are remarkably few people who enjoy these rights. With… — Peter Gabriel
Bill Maher is right to condemn religious practices that violate fundamental human rights. Religious communities must do more to counter extremist interpretations of their faith.… — Reza Aslan
I want to stress again that human rights are not peripheral to the foreign policy of the United States. Our pursuit of human rights is… — Jimmy Carter
In a justly organized community, however, government exists to secure the right to life and the other human rights that follow from that primary right. — Paul Ryan
The world should always be concerned whenever a vast human rights violation occurs anywhere on the planet. — Junot Diaz
I believe in human rights for everyone, and none of us is qualified to judge each other and that none of us should therefore have… — Malcolm X
In the areas which have been disturbed people are living cordially with the Security Forces. In areas like Gulu people are living peacefully. There is… — Yoweri Museveni
Mr Bush, Mr. Blair and now Mr Brown's sense of human rights precludes our people's right to their God-given resources, which in their view must… — Robert Mugabe
To be 'for animals' is not to be 'against humanity.' To require others to treat animals justly, as their rights require, is not to ask… — Tom Regan
Th direct elimination of elimination of poverty should be the objective of all development aid. Development should be viewed as a human rights issue, not… — Muhammad Yunus
The values of this Western civilization under the leadership of America have been destroyed. Those awesome symbolic towers that speak of liberty, human rights, and… — Osama bin Laden
Free women and men everywhere must wage an incessant campaign so that these human values become a generally recognized and practised reality. We must regretfully… — Menachem Begin
When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Economic and military power can be developed under the spur of laws and appropriations. But moral power does not derive from any act of Congress.… — John Foster Dulles
When we struggle for human rights, for freedom, for dignity, when we feel that it is a ministry of the church to concern itself for… — Oscar Romero

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