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Human Rights Quotes (page 2)

And is not peace, in the last analysis, basically a matter of human rights -- the right to live out our lives without fear of devastation? the right to breathe air as nature provided it -- the right of future generations to a healthy existence?" (John F. Kennedy, June 10, 1963, American University speech) John F. Kennedy
As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in the list of human rights the right to work and a certain number of economic, social, and cultural rights. Rene Cassin
Whether or not we continue to enforce a universal conception of human rights at moments of outrage and incomprehension, precisely when we think that others have taken themselves out of the human community as we know it, is a test of our very humanity. Judith Butler
I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights. Ellen DeGeneres
If a country doesn't recognize minority rights and human rights, including women's rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible. Hillary Clinton
We are beckoned to see the world through a one-way mirror, as if we are threatened and innocent and the rest of humanity is threatening, or wretched, or expendable. Our memory is struggling to rescue the truth that human rights were not handed down as privileges from a parliament, or a boardroom, or an institution, but that peace is only possible with justice and with information that gives us the power to act justly. John Pilger
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for democratization, and a vehicle for the promotion of cultural and national identity. Especially for girls and women, it is an agent of family health and nutrition. For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in... Kofi Annan
There is no room for legal hair-splitting when it comes to the humane treatment of detainees - not in a nation founded on the rule of law and respect for human rights. Dick Durbin
Bjorn Ulvaeus quote: "Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal..."
Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being. Bjorn Ulvaeus
In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God, by racial classification and then denied many of them fundamental human rights. Desmond Tutu
Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity. Imelda Marcos
Nelson Mandela quote: "To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very..."
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. Nelson Mandela
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn quote: "It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as..."
It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aung San Suu Kyi quote: "Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people..."
Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human. Aung San Suu Kyi
Ali Hoseini-Khamenei quote: "The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human..."
The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial. Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

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