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Human beings are human beings, just treat everyone like that. — Hayley Williams

We cannot speak of human rights in other countries unless we are going to do our utmost to protect the rights of our own people here at home. — Jimmy Carter

As long as humans feel they are forced to defend their own rights and worth by placing someone beneath them, oppression will not end. — Marjorie Spiegel

As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea. — Charlotte Bunch

In Actual
Human Rights are
"caring" for Humans left on the planet — Haider Ali

Gay rights are human rights. — Hillary Rodham Clinton

The world does not need a war against 'terrorism', it needs a culture of peace based on human rights for all. — Irene Khan

To all those who struggle for human rights for LGTB people — Eli Easton

For far too long, the female gender has been plagued with stereotypes, typecasting, as well as, subtle and blatant discrimination. — Asa Don Brown

The only solution to the issue of human rights is oblivion. — Augusto Pinochet

The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property out of others. — Ayn Rand

I am passionate about human rights. — Hannah Simone

Life is a perspective and for me, if a human being has access to school, clean water, food, proper health care, that is the basis of human rights. — Gelila Bekele

Rebels in Darfur have learned the value of mobilizing western human rights groups to prolong wars, and this lesson is working gloriously for them. — Stephen Kinzer

I'm both an artist / filmmaker and a human rights defender. — Pamela Yates

A voteless people is a hopeless people. — Amelia Boynton Robinson

Sexual rights are not only a basic element of human rights but should have an integral part in moves towards Arab reform ... — Brian Whitaker

Peace is more than just an absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom, and true peace dictates the recognition of human rights. — Ronald Reagan

What was once justified as sanctioned by God is now properly reviled as an unconscionable violation of human rights. — Hillary Clinton

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. — Rick Perry

Wars can be resolved. Human rights atrocities can be stopped. We just have to apply the right policies. — John Prendergast

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

The Corrupt Officer has a Price and the Honest Officer has Integrity — Gary York

All people deserve to be treated with dignity and have their human rights respected, no matter who they are or whom they love. — Hillary Clinton

The simple truth is that every human being should be born with basic human rights without suffering from discrimination. — Leta B.

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. — Judith Light

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

UPON FACES ANGEL TEARS ... YOUR VOICES IN OUR EARS — Widad Akreyi

I know nothing of man's rights, or woman's rights; human rights are all that I recognize. — Sarah Moore Grimke

If we don't like the Human Rights Council, then let's not fund it. We should pick and choose cafeteria style which groups we want to help. — Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

What I am is a proud humanist. Atheism says what I don't accept, humanism says what I do. - Nathan Phelps — Nathan Phelps

When you're silent, your silence condones it. Thus, whatever you believe in goes down the drain. — Jennifer Tindugan-Adoviso

Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human. — Aung San Suu Kyi

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

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

No attempt must be made to encase man, for it is his destiny to be set free. — Frantz Fanon

Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever. — Anna Lindh

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

All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights. — Richard Stallman

Quote words that affirm all men and women are your brothers and sisters. — Aberjhani

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! — Isabel Allende

It is hard to talk about a middle ground for something that is a fundamental right. — Teri Reynolds

Ponzi schemes don't trickle down, they siphon up. — Heather Marsh

Wild animals are only wild to save their existence...for their survival; but human animals are wild to do harm to their own species — Munia Khan

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

Adoptee rights are everyone's rights, and they deserve to be protected. — DaShanne Stokes

How is the black man going to get 'civil rights' before he first wins his human rights? — Malcolm X

Human rights in cyberspace are really no different from rights in the physical world. — Rebecca MacKinnon

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. — Mother Teresa

YAZIDIS AND CHRISTIANS WANT TO BE FREE OF NIGHT MIST AND BEHEADING DRIFT! — Widad Akreyi

We are the children of one creator.
We are different in some ways. Yet, we are equal. — Ellen J. Barrier

In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can. — Ian McKellen

It is unusual," said Cristina, "for a revolution to call for fewer rights for people, not more. — Cassandra Clare

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

Saddam Hussein wrote the book on human rights violations. — Curt Weldon

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

You can't have occupation and human rights. — Christopher Hitchens

Why should we be denied basic human rights just because we've messed up our relationships? — Nick Hornby

I believe in human rights for everyone, and none of us is qualified to judge each other and that none of us should therefore have that authority. — Malcolm X

There's no room for human rights in a government waiting room. — Stephen Clarke

The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable. — Barbara Mikulski

During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner. — Elliott Abrams

Human rights problems will always exist for years to come, but maybe they'll lessen somewhat. — Buzz Aldrin

The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities. — Eleanor Roosevelt

A human being has no natural rights of any nature. — Robert A. Heinlein

The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone. — Ricky Martin

No ideology is worth a Human life. — Adriano Bulla

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

Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more. — John Ortberg

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

We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution. — Chen Shui-bian

Without peace, there is little hope for human rights — Martin Ennals

I believe in animal rights, and high among them is the right to the gentle stroke of a human hand. — Robert Breault

You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea.
You can kill a man, but not an idea. — Benazir Bhutto

Tolerance and human rights require each other. — Simon Wiesenthal

The free world led by the U.S. fought almost all regimes that trampled on human rights. — Liu Xiaobo

To be full of being is to live as a body-soul. One name for the experience of full being is joy. — J.M. Coetzee

Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific. — Joichi Ito

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

Cooperation and respect for each other will advance the cause of human rights worldwide. Confrontation, vilification, and double standards will not. — Robert Mugabe

Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity. — Imelda Marcos

No ONE MENTIONS YOUR TEARS, SADNESS OR SLOW DEATH! BUT, WE FEEL YOUR FALLEN TEARS, YOUR BEHEADED BODIES, YOUR RAPED DIGNITY! — Widad Akreyi

More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. — Michael Anti

Establish democracy at home, based on human rights as superior to property rights ... — Jeannette Rankin

No country is 100 percent free of human rights abuses. — Raul Castro

Subjecting other living things to pain, suffering, and death is the biggest fault in the human race — Zoe Rosenberg

We must do all we can to help improve the deplorable human rights situation of the North Korean people. — Evan Bayh

Psychiatry does not commit human rights abuse. It is a human rights abuse. — Thomas Szasz

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. — Nelson Mandela

There can be no compromise on the right of personal security; there can be no compromise on securing of human rights. — Hubert H. Humphrey

Fear is not the natural state of civilized people. — Aung San Suu Kyi

Labor law violations are alive and well in the USA. — Steven Magee

You can never know where you are going unless you know where you have been. — Amelia Boynton Robinson

democracy that cannot control its own population may be worse for human rights than a dictatorship that can. — Robert D. Kaplan

If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it? — Ai Weiwei

I am protecting women's rights, their human right to decide their futures for themselves, and to live their lives as they see fit. — Dr. Willie Parker

This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself. — Robert G. Ingersoll

I'm an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women's rights. — Taslima Nasrin

If we destroy human rights and rule of law in the response to terrorism, they have won. — Joichi Ito

We need to make equal pay and equal opportunity for women and girls a reality so women's rights are human rights once and for all. — Hillary Clinton