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Human Rights Quotes by Noam Chomsky
- If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
- States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
- Extensive violations of human rights (torture, forced reduction of living standards for much of the population, police-sponsored death squads, destruction of representative institutions or of…
- There is no western concern for issues of aggression, atrocities, human rights abuses and so on if there's a profit to be made from them
- In some ways, [the student anti-sweatshop movement] is like the anti-apartheid movement, except that in this case its striking at the core of the relations…
More Human Rights Quotes
- We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material… — Julian Assange
- 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