Human rights Quote by Ezra Taft Benson

“Human rights and freedoms protect us against arbitrary government.”

— Jean Tirole

Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as part of the political plan. If we…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“As they cannot be defined univocally, nor irrefutably demonstrated, so-called “human rights” serve as a pretext for the individual who rebels against a positive…

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

“My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist.”

— Joe Biden

“To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”

— Nelson Mandela

“Human rights that do not apply to everyone are not human rights at all.”

— Volker Beck

I accept that in a free society you have to justify reductions in people's liberties. I accept that, bearing in mind my starting point…

— John Howard

“One cannot fail to notice the inconsistency of those rejecting human rights: their rejection takes place in the public square created by human rights.…

— Filip Spagnoli

“If freedom isn't free and people's rights are being violated and suppressed, then Governments have NO need to exist.”

— ELW-Reta Barnes

“Humans are born with human rights. Those human rights are inherent—”

— Thom Hartmann

“Human rights; they are in the hands of mankind and nowhere else.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“Human rights are difficult to pin down because their definition, indeed their very existence, depends on emotions as much as on reason.”

— Lynn Hunt