“We are concerned and remain concerned that the (Uzbek) government is trying to silence human rights activists and media [with] intimidation as well as arrests. I think our views on freedom of speech are well known, so these are very troubling matters, very concerning for us.”
Sean McCormack
“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
“America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America.”
Jimmy Carter
“Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail”
Abraham Lincoln
“We expect the Salvadorean officials to work towards the extermination of human rights.”
Dan Quayle
“It sends the right message, ... It's about promoting justice, expanding human rights and preventing conflict.”
Betty McCollum
“Those who only see this issue from a human rights, liberal and secular point of view are trying to disrupt efforts to curb pornography.”
Ma'ruf Amin
