Top 1200 Violation Of Human Rights Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster. It's like the mountains, the ocean and the rivers. It has its own geological forms. Societies cannot be flat. But during change, human rights, human dignity and free speech have to be protected. Otherwise, we'll be going backward.

When the civil rights community raised a lot of concerns around the nomination of Mr. Sessions, Senator Sessions, one of the things was that he`s on record of saying things intrusive, like voting rights,that he doesn`t believe the federal government should interfere with local policing, almost like states` rights kind of rhetoric.

Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.

Once you sacrifice your rights, it's hard to get those rights protected again.

Some other natural rights... [have] not yet entered into any declaration of rights.

If we set the precedent that a government can use their royal prerogative to take away people's human rights, that is taking us into a very dangerous political environment.

Since suffering confers no rights on its victims, we who witness are the ones responsible for restoring these lost rights.

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country

We need not concern ourselves much about rights of property if we faithfully observe the rights of persons.

I am not a politician in prison, I am a political prisoner who uses jail to denounce Spain's human rights violations.

But if USA has 1.3 billion people, USA would have the same human rights problem just like China.

If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.

I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.

Civil rights laws were not passed to protect the rights of white men and do not apply to them.

People are dreaming if they think they have rights. They've never had rights. There's no such thing.

Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.

One of the grandest things in having rights is, that though they are your rights you may give them up

In this context, the church supports and favors every effort today to seek the full development of the personality of all human beings, and to promote their fundamental rights, their dignity and liberty.

In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights.

Why should we tell kidnappers, murderers, and embezzlers their rights? If they don't know their rights, they shouldn't be in the business.

It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.

If surveillance infiltrates our homes and personal relationships, that is a gross breach of our human and civil rights.

We will not keep silent, even if the Formula One is taking place. We will protest for human rights and freedom.

The Human Rights Act has not just given a voice to victims, but to the families who have to fight for the victim where the victim has died.

The only salvation of the world today... is the rapid dissemination of the basic values of the West, that is, the ideas of democracy, human rights, the civil society, and the free market.

To attribute rights to animals is to ignore the purpose and justification of rights - to protect the interests of man.

Here’s the thing about rights. They’re not actually supposed to be voted on. That’s why they’re called rights.

I don't believe in quotas. America was founded on a philosophy of individual rights, not group rights.

What an honor it was to step into the shoes of Nelson Mandela and portray a man who defied odds, broke down barriers, and championed human rights before the eyes of the world.

The rights of women are to the 21st century what civil rights were to the 20th.

Any attempt to single out Islam would be a violation of the Constitution.

The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!

War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.

Hope in the beginning feels like such a violation of the loss, and yet without it we couldn't survive.

The American people cannot close their eyes to abuses of human rights and injustice, whether they occur among friend or adversary or even on our own shores.

Rights are not gifts from one man to another, nor from one class of men to another. It is impossible to discover any origin of rights otherwise than in the origin of man; it consequently follows that rights appertain to man in right of his existence, and must therefore be equal to every man.

I consider myself pro-life, as I accept that the unborn is a human life with rights, and I do not support abortion on request or on demand.

Victims of crime deserve equal constitutional rights - the same rights as defendants. No more, no less.

The Olympics brought a lot of development to Beijing, but I don't see that there have been any changes to human rights as a result of the Olympics.

Women's rights are more important than their ethnic rights.

By creating a perception that the U.K. places a higher premium on striking commercial deals than it does on promoting and protecting human rights, our reputation in the world suffers.

If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as 'human rights'? How smart does a chimp have to be before killing him constitutes murder?

They think my father has a lack of concern for human rights, but regardless of details, the Americans should be humanitarian in dealing with his family, because we are human. Saddam has three young ladies and they have children, I have five, Rana has four, and Hala has two. Therefore, our father is very dear to us. His grandchildren love him a lot. Why aren't humanitarian factors taken into account?

As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.

The West has given us the liberal miracle of individual rights, individual responsibility, merit, and human satisfaction.

Acknowledgment of God is not now, or ever has been, a violation of the US constitution.

I think it's scary that that our elected officials aren't operating under the principles of human rights, under the principles that this government and this country was founded on.

I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.

I think it's important to remember that civil rights and economic rights are mutually dependent.

While men's rights are guaranteed by specific language in the Constitution, women's equal rights aren't mentioned.

Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.

This is the gay agenda: equality. Not special rights, but the rights that are already written by [our Founding Fathers].

The violation of some laws is a normal part of the behavior of every citizen.

I think that one of the most useful applications of the Creator's Bill of Rights is that it clearly indicates for creators what rights they have at the outset.

Does John Kerry have to give them [Iran] every little thing? You'll pass some sanctions for human rights and missiles, and I'll grudgingly sign on.

The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

The Declaration of Independence . . . [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man.

When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected.