Quotes of: Human-rights Keyword

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility.

Imelda Marcos

Saddam Hussein wrote the book on human rights violations.

Curt Weldon

Upholding human rights is not merely compatible with fighting terrorism, it is essential.

Joichi Ito

There is a broad movement that has been holding companies accountable on human rights for a long time.

Rebecca MacKinnon

Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.

Shirin Ebadi

Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights.

John Charles Polanyi

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

Buzz Aldrin

No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights.

Vladimir Putin

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

William Bennett

The fundamental human right, the presupposition of every other right, is the right to life itself. This is true of life from the moment of conception until its natural end. Abortion, consequently, cannot be a human right -- it is the very opposite. I...

Pope Benedict XVI

Humans will do the right thing... just a decade late

Life

Humans, as a rule, don't like mad people unless they are good at painting, and only then once they are dead. But the definition of mad, on Earth, seems to be very unclear and inconsistent. What is perfectly sane in one era turns out to be insane in a...

The Humans

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

The global response to global terrorism must not endanger fundamental human rights and freedoms.

Stjepan Mesic

I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected.

Shirin Ebadi

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

Charles Sumner

But, you know, the issues of humanity and what is fair treatment and good treatment of a fellow human being should not really be based on a personal sense of right and wrong or judgment.

Debbie Harry

Paramount is the need to secure human rights. The form of rule should be such that the citizen does not have to fear the State, but gives it direction and confidently participates in its administration.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights.

Bjorn Ulvaeus

My mother, for the last 20 years anyway, would not call herself a Marxist but a human rights activist.

Joely Richardson

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.

Bjorn Ulvaeus