About Quote by Rene Cassin

“The concept of human rights had been invented by people who were thinking only of human beings”

— Yōko Tawada

I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I…

— Antonio Tabucchi

“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

“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

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

— Lynn Hunt

It was in that uncertain world that the European Convention on Human Rights was shaped. Written by Conservatives, it set out the principles which…

— Chris Grayling

Human Rights, The essence of Human existence

— DrMohammed Abad Alrazak

To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war and momentous social transformation to attain…

— Thurgood Marshall

“At the same time, instead of limiting the power of the state, alleged human rights have begun to enhance that power, and to bring…

— Roger Scruton

“[Doubt] is not a new idea; this is the idea of the age of reason. This is the philosophy that guided the men who…

— Richard P. Feynman

The language of intrinsic human rights represented a significant advance beyond the previous language of world religions in terms of its universal applicability and…

— Immanuel Wallerstein

Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is…

— Stephen Harper