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- Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.
- In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and…
- More than ever before in human history, we share a common destiny. We can master it only if we face it together. And that, my…
- We have to choose between a global market driven only by calculations of short-term profit, and one which has a human face.
- Beneath the surface of states and nations, ideas and language, lies the fate of individual human beings in need. Answering their needs will be the…
- Let us work in partnerships between rich and poor to improve the opportunities of all human beings to build better lives.
- Can the state, which represents the whole of society and has the duty of protecting society, fulfill that duty by lowering itself to the level…
- For too long the development debate has ignored the fact that poverty tends to be characterized not only by material insufficiency but also by denial…
- The reality is that no group of countries has any grounds for complacency about its own human rights performance and no group of countries does…
- 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…
- 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.
- A United Nations that will not stand up for human rights is a United Nations that cannot stand up for itself.
- In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At a…
- A citizen of the world in the fullest sense - one whose vision and culture gave him a deep empathy with fellow human beings of…
- Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with…
- UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after decades…
- Human beings are not property. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and…
- Human rights education is much more than a lesson in schools or a theme for a day; it is a process to equip people with…
- Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and…
- Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.
- Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation, and it is perhaps the most pervasive. It knows no boundaries of geography, culture…
- It is impossible to realize our goals while discriminating against half the human race. As study after study has taught us, there is no tool…
- Education is a human right with immense power to transform
- The world has lost a visionary leader, a courageous voice for justice, and a clear moral compass. By showing us that the path to freedom…
- His Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office. The United Nations and the Holy See share a strong commitment to peace, social…
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- The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition. — Hannah Arendt
- Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction. — J. J. Abrams
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- No one's really happy anyway, it's not human. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings… — Billie Joe Armstrong