Top 1200 Violation Of Human Rights Quotes & Sayings - Page 11

You don't have to be the same as anybody else, but you can support - just concerning human rights in general.

Everyone has an equal and absolute right to sovereignty over his own body, his own property, and his own life, and to pursue his own happiness in any way that he chooses. No one has the authority to grant rights to anyone else, because human beings already possess all natural rights at birth. These rights include both personal and economic freedoms, and the only way they can be lost is if someone takes them away by force. The only right that an individual does not naturally possess is the right to violate someone else's liberty.

All I want to be is human and American and have all the same rights and I will shut up.

For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.

In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 1948) in most solemn form, the dignity of a person is acknowledged to all human beings; and as a consequence there is proclaimed, as a fundamental right, the right of free movement in search for truth and in the attainment of moral good and of justice, and also the right to a dignified life.

We show our faces to demand human rights for everyone, everywhere.

The strongest statement ever made about women's rights appears on page one of the Bible. God's first words about his daughters established an indestructible foundation for women's rights because God anchored those rights in himself. By creating his daughters along with his sons in his image and likeness, God elevated every human being to the highest possible rank. Which means any mistreatment - verbal, emotional, or physical - of any woman or girl amounts to defacement of God himself, for she bears his image.

The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights

The Soviet Union is going to have a human-rights explosion. You'll have hundreds of thousands of dissidents.

I am not just a celebrity, I'm a human-rights advocate for the last 20 years.

I have spoken to Chinese leaders occasionally on human rights, but I've always done it in private.

China will certainly pay more attention to human rights.

We can and must ensure the human rights of the displaced. That begins by making their voices heard.

Business has a responsibility and opportunity to be the driving force for the advancement of universal human rights.

There cannot be any concessions on the matter of human rights or the criteria for visa liberalisation.

The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights.

Ironically, to my children, bedtime is a punishment that violates their basic rights as human beings.

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

It is imperative to use forceful measures to force the regime to respect human rights.

We cannot discuss human rights, when we are denying people the right to live.

FGM breaches all human rights and has no place in any 21st century society.

International law now grants rights to all human beings, not only to citizens.

Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.

I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Where there are breaches of human rights, you need to speak out about it, no matter where it is.

Clever people are never credited with their follies: what a deprivation of human rights!

I am willing to take any measures when it comes to the fundamental principle of human rights.

Human rights are universally valid and indivisible, regardless of culture and religion.

Climate change is the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century.

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.

We're human beings we are - all of us - and that's what people are liable to forget. Human beings don't like peace and goodwill and everybody loving everybody else. However much they may think they do, they don't really because they're not made like that. Human beings love eating and drinking and loving and hating. They also like showing off, grabbing all they can, fighting for their rights and bossing anybody who'll give them half a chance.

It is all of our jobs to make sure that women's rights are human rights, and that they do have a place at the table, and we all push toward equality. The leadership numbers for women in business really haven't changed since I began as CEO. There are only 21 female CEOs at Fortune 500 companies, there is only 17 to 19 percent of female representatives in Congress, there are only eight female governors.

Abuse of human rights and international law demand resolution - whoever is responsible.

There is animal rights and animals rights organizations like PETA, then there's animal welfare, which is very different than animal rights.

We hear a constant clamor for rights, rights, always rights, but so very little about responsibility. And we have forgotten God. The need now is for selflessness, for a spirit of sacrifice, for a willingness to put aside personal gains for the salvation of the whole Western world.

Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth.

We must struggle for creating a democratic system that is dedicated to democracy and human rights.

I thought of running for office when I was in law school, but I wanted to work on human rights.

I am humbled to be welcomed onto the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.

The modern infrastructures that exists in the world all contribute to the advancement of human rights and democracy.

We expect them [Salvadoran officials] to work toward the elimination of human rights.

And when 9/11 came, that was open season to violate human rights. And that's how I was kidnapped.

I'm a human rights person. I don't think people should be unfair to men or women.

If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.

We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.

The only situation that I can't be in favour of is the lack of respect to human rights in Venezuela.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world ... Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.

Democracy in Myanmar cannot be achieved with discrimination and gross violations of human rights.

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

Violating human rights is integral to the project of neoliberalism and global hegemony.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.

Privacy is not for sale, and human rights should not be compromised out of fear or greed.

For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.

It was not by accident or coincidence that the rights to freedom in speech and press were coupled in a single guaranty with the rights of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition for redress of grievances. All these, though not identical, are inseparable. They are cognate rights, and therefore are united in the First Article's assurance.

We expect Germany to push more strongly for democracy and human rights in Turkey.

The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests.

No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights.

I want to study law, become a lawyer, and work in Afghanistan for human rights.

Once the law, properly enacted, is routinely ignored, and ignored with the blessing and the promotion of the political class, then you have a breakdown of organized society. And there is nothing compassionate about what's happening to the people of Arizona. There is nothing compassionate about the violation of private property rights. There is nothing compassionate about the abuse of the taxpayer. There is nothing compassionate about the closing of schools and hospitals. Nothing at all compassionate about increased drug trafficking and crime. Nothing compassionate about that at all.

I'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues.