Human Rights

“It’s not a moral thing, like a duty, but there’s so much injustice that you have to speak out; it comes from the heart.”

“Are you women not human beings?”

“The whole world, which is in a sense a commonwealth, has the power to enact laws which are just and convenient to all men; and these make up the law of nations.”

“Every religion is essentially humanistic in its roots.”

“Better to make prime ministers out of prisoners than prisoners out of prime ministers.”

“Society is the temple; people are the gods.”

“If our kids are not allowed to enter your schools, your paddies will grow mere weeds.”

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

“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.”