Quotes About Human rights

The advancement of democracy and human rights is as serious a business as anything we do in our foreign policy and cannot be treated as an afterthought in our relations with great powers.

The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights.

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if we believe that the human being should be at the centre of society and the rights of every human being should be respected.

At the very least, Secretary Clinton should publicly call for the unequivocal release of Saeed Abedini.

There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the same constitutional rights that the people of our country are.

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.

There are people who can look out for other human beings; there are people who can speak up when something is not right and say, 'This is wrong, and something should be done.'

When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress.

Human dignity is based upon freedom, and freedom upon human dignity. The one presupposes the other.

Homelessness has become a human rights crisis.

Good or bad people can be democratically elected, but it is always easy to fight for human rights under this system.

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

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

This is our country, our water. We're entitled to a good life. It's a human rights issue.

The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not want to worry too much about semantics.

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.

I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights.

Where there are breaches of human rights, you need to speak out about it, no matter where it is.

I thought of running for office when I was in law school, but I wanted to work on human rights.

The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them.

I'm a Christian woman, but I believe in human rights.

I learnt about the universe. I learnt about human rights and human dignity - this was so new to me.

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

What better way to celebrate 50 years of defending human rights than over a candlelit dinner with friends and family.