Violation Quotes
263 quotes by 226 authors
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I believe God was in Christ, not will be, perhaps, maybe if we're good boys and girls, it's over, it's done, we are one people,…
— Will Davis Campbell
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The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth.
— Jimmy Carter
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We can drift along as though there were still a cold war, wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons that will never be used,…
— Jimmy Carter
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Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.
— Nicole Kidman
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One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of…
— Nicole Kidman
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I have a feeling that art is something you do for yourself, and that any time you turn your decisions over to someone else you're…
— William Stafford
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In order for us human beings to commit ourselves personally to the inhumanity of war, we find it necessary first to dehumanize our opponents, which…
— Jimmy Carter
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The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed, amused; maybe all…
— Larry Niven
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Taking into account these distinctions, in harmony with the Magisterium of my Predecessors[81] and in communion with the Bishops of the Catholic Church, I confirm…
— Pope John Paul II
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I cannot see any of these death penalty cases where there hasn't been a violation on the ground of either poverty or race. If we…
— Harry A. Blackmun
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The world has got more democracies than ever, and human rights are high on almost every country's agenda. Still, corruption and oppression are far too…
— Anna Lindh
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Rulers do not like to admit that their power is restricted by any laws other than those of physics and biology. They never ascribe their…
— Ludwig von Mises
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The situation of the Salvadorian people is terrible; all their rights are violated. There is a direct violation against the human person, a violation of…
— Maria Julia Hernandez
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Today's human rights violations are the causes of tomorrow's conflicts.
— Mary Robinson
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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
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It is a violation of human rights when governments declare it illegal to be gay.
— Hillary Clinton
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What was once justified as sanctioned by God is now properly reviled as an unconscionable violation of human rights.
— Hillary Clinton
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Quite agreeable, of course, was this state of things to those who thought it in their abundant riches the result of inevitable economic laws and…
— Pope Pius XI
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Environmental policies are driven by a kind of emotional spiritualism that threatens the very foundation of our society. There is increasing evidence of a government-sponsored…
— Helen Chenoweth-Hage
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"Thou shalt not bear false witness" Exodus 20:16. When we speak of morality, we imply that a man is true to his word-true to his…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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