Human Rights

“I know basically good people who do bad things; it’s simple.”

“Everyone wants all the rights that are universally accepted and supported.”

“No aborigine can feel absolutely free and equal to other Australians whilst the Commonwealth Constitution contains the two clauses which exclude him from the Census . . . and from Commonwealth laws.”

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.”

“La femme naît libre et demeure égale à l’homme en droits.”

“Tidak ada bangsa yang adil bila sebagian anggotanya direndahkan dan ditindas.”

“An apartheid-like system is when we are talking about two peoples who live in the same territory.”

“Ich suche mir immer fremde Identitäten aus, weil der Fremde der Gradmesser ist für die Demokratie in einer Gesellschaft.”

“As a journalist you have got to be neutral and unbiased on the side of those who suffer.”

“Women from all walks of life played a significant role in helping to advance human rights for Bahamians.”

“Islam is the religion of pure natural disposition, reason, knowledge, wisdom, proof, freedom, independence, social, political, and economic reform, and women’s rights.”

“I believe that the global water crisis is the most important ecological and human threat of our time.”

“The answer to the question of who owns water is that no-one owns water.”

“We’re citizens first, aren’t we, before we’re anything?”

“الشر كبير… يعني الإنسان هو صاحب هالأشيا العظيمة، وصاحب التدمير بنفس الوقت.”

“Before the 1979 revolution, we were allowed to be artists, allowed to be women, allowed to be human.”

“The thing that surprised me is not how different people are; it’s actually how similar people are.”

“I believe Europe must always speak up for the values we believe in, and support everyone who is fighting for these values.”

“Such people are normal human beings.”

“None of us are super, but we are the Americans, unique in our willingness to admit that when it comes to our race, we are all but human.”