(448 quotes found)
“For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.”
Jimmy Carter
“America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America.”
“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
“Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail”
Abraham Lincoln
“Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.”
Taslima Nasrin
“Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.”
Kofi Annan
“To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.”
Suzanne Vega
“In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.”
Albert Einstein
“Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application of the word ''human.''”
Suzanne LaFollette
“If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won.”
Joichi Ito
