Citizens Quote by Kofi Annan Download Open image “International law now grants rights to all human beings, not only to citizens.” — Kofi Annan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Citizens Grants Human beings Humans International International law Law Rights
“This is a landmark step in internationalizing our laws by fostering the trend of a globalized human rights regime of shared values.” — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We cannot speak of human rights in other countries unless we are going to do our utmost to protect the rights of our own… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen. — Nat King Cole Copy Share Image
There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards. — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
In the corporeal world, international law is whatever the United States and Great Britain say it is. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
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… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
We were all children once. And we all share the desire for the well-being of our children, which has always been and will continue… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
You will recall that for months after 9/11, there was incredible support and sympathy for the US. I really hoped and wished they had… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
A nation has the right to defend itself, but when it comes to the broader issue of peace and security, the legitimacy rests only… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you take a tough action against one side in the conflict, they see you as part of the conflict and they attack… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Some have suggested that ideally there must be some international body that would treat areas like the Arctic as a global commerce, a bit… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
We knew the Syrian situation was complex and there were lots of divisions, particularly on the side of the opposition... This is a tough… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Can the state, which represents the whole of society and has the duty of protecting society, fulfill that duty by lowering itself to the… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Politics is not an issue whether you like or dislike , but every citizen must involve. — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes about being… — Donna Freitas Copy Share Image
“The police ultimately pay the price for poor customer service when citizens become fearful of them.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Worship isn't destructive, Martin. I know that. I don't. I only know it's the core of his life. What else has he got? He… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share Image
No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends. — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen… — Archibald Cox Copy Share Image
My dreams were always small and puny. All I ever needed was a little house with a little picket fence by the sea. Little… — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis. — Lawrence Bender Copy Share Image
I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
