Being Quote by Lawrence Kohlberg

“Instead of defining a few rights, Hamilton wrote in Federalist No. 84, “Here, in strictness, the people surrender nothing, and as they retain everything,…

— Thom Hartmann

In Spain there were no TV rights for Formula One.

— Fernando Alonso

The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting…

— Francois Hollande

The United States has held out against taking part in any of the world consensus that there should be a court of human rights…

— Roger Waters

In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.

— Samantha Power

I've always been passionate about human rights in general. I think anyone who knows me can attest to that.

— Lauren Jauregui

Korra and Aang ultimately stand for freedom, equality, and basic human rights, and I think Mike and I are fine with pushing that agenda.

— Bryan Konietzko

Human Rights Watch wants Rwandans to be able to speak freely about their ethnic hatreds, and to allow political parties connected with the defeated…

— Stephen Kinzer

South Africa has not turned its back on human rights at all.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

While the One Child Policy has been effective in drastically reducing Chinese birth rates, the measures adopted in its name have required exhaustive, violent,…

— Kerry Kennedy

Prisoners have benefited disproportionately from 'rights inflation' - the expansion of human rights into unforeseen nooks and crannies.

— Dominic Raab

It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the…

— Breyten Breytenbach