Human Rights Quotes - Page 30

• Quite often ... these little guys, who might be making atomic weapons or who might be guilty of some human rights violation ... are looking for someone to listen to their problems and help them communicate.

  Jimmy Carter

  Rights, Guy, Littles

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• I think both freedom of religion and freedom of expression are both fundamental human rights, everyone has not only the freedom and the right but the obligation to say what Pope Francis thinks for the common good... we have the right to have this freedom openly without offending.

  Pope Francis

  Freedom, Thinking, Rights

  "After Paris attacks, Pope speaks out against insulting religions" by Philip Pullella, www.reuters.com. January 15, 2015.

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• But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multiparty democracy.

  Phil Robertson

  Freedom, Party, Rights

  "Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, 'a true giant of history', dies aged 91" by Kevin Rawlinson, Kirsten Han, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2015.

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• The basic human rights documents-the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man-were written by political, not by religious, leaders.

  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

  Religious, Men, Rights

  "The Opening of the American Mind" by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., www.nytimes.com. July 23, 1989.

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• Sexual and reproductive health and rights are universal human rights!They are an indivisible part of the broader human rights and development equation. Their particular power resides in the fact that they deal with the most intimate aspects of our identities as individuals and enable human dignity, which is dependent on control of our bodies, desires and aspirations.

  Babatunde Osotimehin

  Rights, Desire, Identity

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• We all have a responsibility, and as Rabbi Heschel, one of my prophets, has put it: "Those who condone, or are silent, in the face of injustice, are more guilty than the perpetrators." And so, to the degree we pretend to be a democracy, we have a corresponding duty to be activist enough to prevent our human rights form being infringed upon.

  Ray McGovern

  Responsibility, Rights, Democracy

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I was against impunity when it comes to human rights violations. But many of us African leaders now want to leave the Rome Statute as soon as possible because of this Western arrogance.

  Yoweri Museveni

  Rights, Rome, Leader

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Human rights groups are locked in a fierce competition for big checks from wealthy donors and they need to generate big headlines.

  Paul Kagame

  Rights, Competition, Groups

  "Exclusive interview: Paul Kagame, president of Rwanda". Interview with Tony Metcalf, www.metro.us. August 29, 2012.

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• The androcentric, patriarchal cultures, whatever you want to call it, are quite new. So, every economic statement should start with reproduction, not production. Every statement for human rights ought to include reproduction as a basic human right, like freedom of speech.

  Gloria Steinem

  Rights, Freedom Of Speech, Culture

  Source: www.elle.com

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• We still have sanctions on Iran for its violations of human rights, for its support of terrorism and for its ballistic missile program. And we will continue to enforce these sanctions vigorously. Iran's recent missile test, for example, was a violation of its international obligations.

  Barack Obama

  Rights, Iran, Support

  "President Obama Gives Statement About U.S.-Iran Deals This Weekend". "Weekend Edition Sunday", www.npr.org. January 17, 2016.

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• And Eleanor's husband was the man who did the interning. And I think they - Governor Warren, who was later to become such an impassioned Chief Justice on all sorts of human rights issues, was very big in the internment process. And I think that we simply sometimes tend not to understand or remember how people felt.

  William A. Rusher

  Husband, Thinking, Men

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Hong Kong is not just a global financial center. It's also a place with a lot of teens and youth who love freedom, democracy, and human rights.

  Joshua Wong

  Rights, Democracy, Teens

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Terror became a big issue when the Reagan Administration came in. They immediately announced [their plans] and kind of disparaged Carter's alleged human rights programs. The main issue is state-directed international terrorism. Right at that time that big industry developed. That's when you start getting the academic departments on terrorism.

  Noam Chomsky

  Issues, Rights, Administration

  "Anti-Intellectualism, Terrorism, and Elections in Contemporary Education: a Discussion with Noam Chomsky". Interview with Dan Falcone, www.counterpunch.org. June 3, 2016.

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• I'll tell you what gives me hope. After the struggle for marriage equality, the LGBTQ community has built some very powerful organizations; in particular, I'm thinking of HRC (the Human Rights Campaign), GLAAD... but there are many, many others, too. Along with those organizations come some savvy and tested leaders who have come to understand not only how to change hearts and minds but also legislators and judges votes.

  Steven Petrow

  Powerful, Struggle, Heart

  "Civilities: We'll be talking about your reactions to the Orlando massacre for the full hour". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. June 21, 2016.

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• That term, 'human rights', makes me ill.Human rights are only for 'humans', therefore for the West. And for the rest of the Planet: there, the 'human rights' are used to discredit uncomfortable, even 'hostile' governments through countless implants like NGOs.

  Andre Vltchek

  Rights, Government, West

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• If every human rights atrocity is described as a Holocaust,[Adolf] Hitler's attempted obliteration of the Jewish people is diminished or de-recognised in our history.

  Jeremy Corbyn

  Rights, People, Holocaust

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• Other human rights atrocities from African slavery to the killing fields of Cambodia, the Armenian and Rwandan Genocides are all of course to be remembered, but diluting their particularity or comparing degrees of evil does no good.

  Jeremy Corbyn

  Rights, Evil, Atrocities

  "Jeremy Corbyn antisemitism speech in full: Labour leader vows to stamp out 'hateful language or debate' The Labour leader welcomed a response recommending immediate action for the Labour" by Lizzie Dearden, www.independent.co.uk. June 30, 2016.

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• The basic problem affecting the Pakistan today is human rights. Islamic fundamentalists have no roots among the common people and while they are pushing hard for religious fundamentalists to take hold, the common people still seek change through humanitarian and common human rights law.

  Abdul Sattar Edhi

  Religious, Islamic, Rights

  Source: www.irinnews.org

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• I was raised in a family where we were taught that the best thing you could do with your life was to really kind of push the cause of progress and justice and human rights forward.

  Benjamin Jealous

  Rights, Justice, Progress

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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• Genuine leadership is inherently moral. So the values chosen matter tremendously, and they must be values aligned with society (including the most universal statement of human values in history, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as clear values of sustainability evidenced in global declarations like the Stockholm and Rio Declarations.

  Chip Pitts

  Moral, Sustainability, Chosen

  "Corporate Social Responsibility: Wisdom or Window Dressing?". Interview with William Fisher, truthout.org. April 7, 2010.

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• As president, I will stand up to the great human rights tests of our time - in China, Russia, and the Middle East. We must send a signal to our allies and adversaries that America is back in the leadership business.

  Carly Fiorina

  Russia, Rights, America

  "Carly Fiorina Answers 12 Christian Post Questions for Every Presidential Candidate". Interview with Napp Nazworth, www.christianpost.com. January 4, 2016.

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• The people in Arab countries are now speaking out and asking many questions about human rights, minorities, religion, democracy, "the other," and so on.

  Hassan Blasim

  Country, Rights, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• It was tricky [to write about Israelis], because everyone has an opinion about the Arab - Israeli conflict, and when I first started writing these stories, I was working for an Arab - Israeli human rights group. It was during the Second Intifada. It was this totally violent and intense time, and I think there's a part of me where I don't know how to write about that situation without getting my politics out of my messages, and that's something that was important for me not to do in this book.

  Molly Antopol

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I have friends and supporters in the Human Rights Fund and Planned Parenthood. Hillary Clinton has been around there for a very, very long time. Some of these groups are, in fact, part of the establishment.

  Bernie Sanders

  Rights, Long, Facts

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign they`re not really the establishment. I can`t obviously speak for Senator Bernie Sanders or about Planned Parenthood. But what we do see, and we`ve seen for years in America, is that the establishment, that is, the big banks and the executives and the wealthy do support a lot of non-profits and make the non-profits basically walk to the tune of the establishment.

  Robert Reich

  Rights, Years, America

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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