Quotes about Human rights

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The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. — John F. Kennedy
Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. — Martin Luther King Jr.
Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that mom — Elie Wiesel
Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater — Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only — Aberjhani, The American Poet Who Went Home Again
Quote words that affirmall men and women are yourbrothers and sisters. — Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams
History is a hermaphrodite with many distinguished lovers. We are neither mysteries nor strangers but the living breath — Aberjhani, Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love
As life in general constituted much pain in the form of struggles against poverty, disease, ignorance, and emotional ang — Aberjhani, The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois
Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and — Franklin D. Roosevelt
To cheapen the lives of any group of men, cheapens the lives of all men, even our own. This is a law of human psychology — William Pickens
At times there's something so precise and mathematically chilling about nationalism.Build a dam to take away water AWAY — Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living
It can be difficult to speak truth to power. Circumstances, however, have made doing so increasingly necessary. — Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays
Goldstone has done terrible damage to the cause of truth and justice and the rule of law. He has poisoned Jewish-Palesti — Norman G. Finkelstein, Goldstone Recants: Richard Goldstone Renews Israel's License to Kill
When we struggle for human rights, for freedom, for dignity, when we feel that it is a ministry of the church to concern — Oscar A. Romero, The Violence of Love
You can control the visibility of my name and my popularity, but you cannot control the frequency at which people are qu — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Sólo con una ardiente paciencia conquistaremos la espléndida ciudad que dará luz, justicia y dignidad a todos los hombre — Pablo Neruda, Toward the Splendid City: Nobel Lecture
Dogs do not have many advantages over people, but one of them is extremely important: euthanasia is not forbidden by law — Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
People will never get in touch with democracy. It's always surrounded by bodyguards. — Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
May we always be burdened with thinking of the suffering of others, for that is what it means to be human. — Kamand Kojouri
In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spiritu — Aberjhani, The American Poet Who Went Home Again