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Human Rights Quotes by Nelson Mandela
- Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically denied…
- 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…
- To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger and deprivation is…
- As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.
- This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation and ignorance, relieved…
- AIDS is no longer just a disease, it is a human rights issue.
- There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and…
- To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
More Human Rights Quotes
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- 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… — 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… — 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… — Bono
- The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit… — 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… — Madeleine Albright