Top 1200 Violation Of Human Rights Quotes & Sayings - Page 14

We need to put human rights, a belief in multilateralism and respect for international law back at the heart of foreign policy.

Israel does not respect the principles or purposes of the United Nations charter nor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Tolerance, diversity, and inclusion are not political opinions. They are non-negotiable human rights - hard fought and secured in America.

We are a million miles from the Tories. While we promote international co-operation and human rights abroad, they pull up the drawbridge.

For black politicians, civil rights organizations and white liberals to support the racist practices of the University of Michigan amounts to no less than a gross betrayal of the civil rights principles of our historic struggle from slavery to the final guarantee of constitutional rights to all Americans. Indeed, it was practices like those of the University of Michigan, but against blacks, that were the focal point of much of the civil rights movement.

I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it.

I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world.

I believe the U.S. has been way too silent on the brutality, the lack of human rights in the Muslim world for women.

I learned that not everyone values life like we do in America, or the rights that are endowed to every human being by a loving God.

Hesitating and hand-wringing when confronted by violence discourages the human-rights activists on the front lines and emboldens the enemy.

I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected.

Trump can embrace dictators and gulags, but we the people stand for human rights, for dignity, for keeping families together.

Women and gay people are the litmus test of whether a society is democratic and respecting human rights. We are the canaries in the mine.

All constitutions, those of the States no less than that of the nation, are designed, and must be interpreted and administered so as to fit human rights.

The Iranian regime continues to violate the human rights of its own people, targeting political and civil society activists.

The rights [to religious freedom] are of the natural rights of mankind, and ... if any act shall be ... passed to repeal [an act granting those rights] or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right.

We are proud of the history of our country; we learned it in school and have grown up hearing of freedom, justice and human rights.

Canada has a stand on human rights in many places, just not when Donald Trump violates them in Latino neighbourhoods.

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.

There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights.

Setting aside human rights and international law to have an agenda of war and killing and occupation to me is totally unacceptable.

In our country there's never been a successful progressive struggle that did not have a soundtrack, whether it was the civil rights movement, workers' rights movement, women's rights movement. There's got to be songs at the barricades, and those are the kinds of songs that I try to write.

While supporting human rights in another country is important, fighting for our own safety is crucial.

The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent.

I've always been passionate about human rights in general. I think anyone who knows me can attest to that.

Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms.

Fidel Castro's legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights.

President Ronald Reagan used to speak of the Soviet constitution, and he noted that it purported to grant wonderful rights of all sorts to people. But those rights were empty promises, because that system did not have an independent judiciary to uphold the rule of law and enforce those rights.

I just believe in standing up for people and against discrimination. I consider myself an advocate for human rights.

That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the early advocates of human liberty, never included and were never intended for us as a people. It is only a question of sheer accident that we happen to be fellow citizens today with the descendants of those who, through their advocacy, laid the foundation for human rights.

Land tenure is key to protecting land rights. The Central and State governments should have accessible systems for registering, tracking and protecting land rights, including customary rights and common property resources.

If we support human rights, we cannot ignore legalized brutality against any group of our global community.

The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country or time.

Like a human rights lawyer who uses the law to rectify wrongs, I use filmic storytelling for the same effect.

As the Cold War melts into history, our first concern should be the preservation and extension of human rights and democracy.

Political rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when they have become the ingrown habit of a people, and when any attempt to impair them will meet with the violent resistance of the populace... One compels respect from others when he knows how to defend his dignity as a human being... The people owe all the political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure, not to the good will of their governments, but to their own strength.

Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with human rights.

Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.

Now I am dedicating that life to campaigning against the death penalty and raising awareness about human rights.

My parents are big liberals and taught us to never trust a government that rids their people of basic human rights.

We feel that animals have the same rights as retarded human nchild because they are equal mentally in terms of dependence on others.

My own sense as an American is that we have begun to experience the disadvantages of framing virtually all moral issues in terms of individual rights. American history has consisted of swings back and forth between rights talk on the one hand and talk of duties, responsibilities, and the common good on the other hand. Recent decades have seen a big swing toward rights, and conceived in very individualistic terms, which hasn't always been the case even with rights.

We live in a country whose government and many of its people support white supremacy and disintegration of basic human rights.

When human rights are abused on a grand scale, the broth of purity boils and feeds the rebellion of a new order.

It's monstrous that Europe, which is fighting for human rights, refused seriously sick Slobodan Milosevic treatment.

I grew up as a discriminated minority in a dictatorship, so obviously the issue of human rights is a matter of concern for me.

Fighting for human rights, a commitment to social justice and treating people with dignity are all things that are important to us as Canadians.

The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing.

Respect for human rights is not social work; it is not merely an act of compassion. It is the first obligation of government and the source of its legitimacy.

The U.S. government officials lie when they talk about human rights. They're a bunch of hypocrites and liars. You can't take it seriously.

What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it doesn't work.

I think that Canadians in general very much understand... that we need to engage in the world and stand up for human rights.

A people inspired by democracy, human rights and economic opportunity will turn their back decisively against extremism.

In the '90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.

In fact, there is a very close correlation between human rights violations and US aid, particularly in Latin America.

My mother, for the last 20 years anyway, would not call herself a Marxist but a human rights activist.

I used to be a human rights lawyer and acted for many black Londoners who had been victims of discrimination.

We must not allow the practices of an anti-democratic State that abuses the powers of government to violate the human rights of Venezuelans.

Homosexuality is a violation of God's standard.

In the struggle for human rights and justice, Negros will make a mistake if they become bitter and indulge in hate campaigns.