The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of human rights.
I believe that it is girls' human rights to go to school to be educated, minimum, until they are 18.
Because of the indefinite nature of the human mind, wherever it is lost in ignorance man makes himself the measure of all things.
Freedom is the great organizing principle of a life lived in a truly human way.
We need not worry so much about what man descends from - it's what he descends to that shames the human race.
The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from the beasts.
No part of the human community can live entirely on its own planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity.
The human brain is built to compare; it's Darwinian to consider an alternative when one presents itself.
Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles.
Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
While human nature largely determines how we hear the notes, it is nurture that lets us hear the music.
I'm not a reality TV star. I pride myself on witnessing, watching people, studying people, and being able to recreate that and create a human being.
I think most of us sense that it is a responsibility of the humanities to try to help better the conduct of human beings in their lives and manifold professional activities.
We, the human race, are so accustomed to having instead of being. What wastage of the revelations and magic in every moment.
I think puns are not just the lowest form of wit, but the lowest form of human behavior.
As a human being, you know that there are some days when you'd rather not talk to anybody - but I can't really do that anymore without appearing rude.
I think the day that I become comfortable doing interviews and going on talk shows is the day that I don't know what it is to be a human being anymore.
Human beings were put on the planet to depend upon their Creator and to worship their Creator at every point in every sphere of culture.
Wars can be resolved. Human rights atrocities can be stopped. We just have to apply the right policies.