Accountability Quote by Irene Khan

We can never afford to be complacent; there is no such thing as security when it comes to human rights.

— Andrew Solomon

Human rights means protecting another's freedom, seeing that the other person is also like oneself. Human rights is giving others security, letting them live.

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that 'if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

In the last analysis, human security means a child who did not die, a disease that did not spread, an ethnic tension that did…

— Mahbub ul Haq

Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much, when I declare that…

— Charles Sumner

True security is based on people's welfare - on a thriving economy, on strong public health and education programmes, and on fundamental respect for…

— Ban Ki-moon

Human rights represent absolute and universal values. They should be protected by all means we have at our disposal.

— Miroslav Lajcak

The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments.

— Mary Robinson

People have no human rights, only the rights that they can gain on the labour market. Above all, wealth and power have to be…

— Noam Chomsky

Human rights is a big important part of how to prevent conflict in the first place if we focus on how the governments are…

— Nikki Haley

Human rights' are a fine thing, but how can we make ourselves sure that our rights do not expand at the expense of the…

— Anonymous

Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored…

— Aung San Suu Kyi