“Death is quick. Fear is forever.”
Rain Bojangles
“America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America.”
Jimmy Carter
“The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.”
Aung San Suu Kyi
“We expect the Salvadorean officials to work towards the extermination of human rights.”
Dan Quayle
“It is our responsibility to recover the dignity of the republic, re-establish democracy ... full respect for human rights and freedom of expression, to lay the basis for economic recovery ... and establish legal and transparent conditions for free and fair elections.”
Javier Perez de Cuellar
“I don't understand our willing disregard for the sanctity of human dignity that's reflected in human rights.”
Barbara Olshansky
“a chance to say to people in the neighborhood, 'We share values -- rule of law, justice, human rights, human dignity, the right for women to participate equally in society.' These are very powerful messages.”
Laura Bush
