Human Rights

“Everyone should be granted their fundamental rights.”

“All the nations of the world are made up of human beings, and of each and every human being there is one definition and one only: that they are rational.”

“Pakistan is no place for Hindus to live in and that their future is darkened by the ominous shadow of conversion or liquidation.”

“Treat all with respect”

“Woman is born free and remains equal to man in rights.”

“No cause is more worthy than the cause of human rights. Human rights are more than legal concepts; they are the essence of man. They are what make man human.”

“I believe that Jordan has, to its credit, always associated itself with the Palestinian hopes and aspirations and with the Arab cause.”

“The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class,—it is the cause of human kind, the very birthright of humanity.”

“Every human has the right to choose how they want to live, what they want to wear, how they prefer to be addressed.”

“In England, racehorses received better treatment than we did.”

“Was verstehen wir unter dem Rechte der Frau? – Nichts anderes, als das Recht des Menschen überhaupt.”

“La convivencia en paz en una sociedad radica en que los derechos de las personas sean no sólo reconocidos, sino el fundamento de esa convivencia en paz.”

“It’s not a moral thing, like a duty, but there’s so much injustice that you have to speak out; it comes from the heart.”

“Are you women not human beings?”

“I will continue to raise my voice until there is human rights in Vietnam, real human rights.”

“The whole world, which is in a sense a commonwealth, has the power to enact laws which are just and convenient to all men; and these make up the law of nations.”

“Every religion is essentially humanistic in its roots.”

“Better to make prime ministers out of prisoners than prisoners out of prime ministers.”

“Society is the temple; people are the gods.”

“If our kids are not allowed to enter your schools, your paddies will grow mere weeds.”