(475 quotes found)
“Before we are citizens of any nation, we are first citizens of the human race.”
Tobi Aclaro
“Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack o-n our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society... It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff."”
Stephen Harper
“The days of looking the other way while despotic regimes trample human rights, rob their nations' wealth, and then excuse their failings by feeding their people a steady diet of anti-Western hatred are over.”
Dick Cheney
“As I am today, I was concerned about human rights, and I was concerned about the well-being of the working people of this country,”
Jimmy Carter
“Age is a protected ground in the Ontario human rights code. What that means is you can't be refused services because of age.”
Barbara Hall
“I will not tolerate any human rights abuses by any member of the Ministry of Interior forces. Any person or persons who are found to be guilty of such behavior will be fired and punished to the fullest extent allowed by law.”
Baqir Jabbur
“It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.”
Alexander Solzehnitsyn
“I said, 'I used to come and denounce your human rights violations,'”
Bakhtiar Amin
“We are speaking out against the war, the occupation and the human rights violations. We in no way wanted to exploit prejudices.”
Bahadir Ozdener
“In both cases, we want to see clearly what the human rights situation there looks like and how come these incidents took place.”
Albert Rumbekwan
