80 quotes found
“We are beckoned to see the world through a one-way mirror, as if we are threatened and innocent and the rest of humanity is threatening, or wretched, or expendable. Our memory is struggling to resc...”
“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”
“Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must at that moment become the center of the universe.”
“Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose. To that high concept there c...”
“We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.”
“At daybreak on the first day, thousands of Cambodians are already calmly waiting outside my polling station. They squat on the ground, silent and patient. We didn't expect this at all. We thought t...”
“Fear is one of the persistent hounds of hell that dog the footsteps of the poor, the dispossessed, the disinherited. There is nothing new or recent about fearit is doubtless as old as the life of m...”
“Under the Iranian code, the worth of a womans life equals half of a mans, a point that often leads to grotesque legal judgments that effectively punish the victims. In this instance, the judge rule...”
“Peygamber dedi: 'Kadn aklllara ve gnl sahiplerine tam galip gelir. Cahillerse kadna stn olur, nk onlar sert ve serke davranr.' ncelik, letafet ve insaf onlarda az bulunur, nk tabiatlarnda hayvanlk ...”
“May you let the authentic colors of your heart illuminate and may you feel the light within others.”
“To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”
“If you are neutral in times of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
“Life in this form is one-time chance, death is the inevitable consequence for anyone who is born. The record of ones death is the primary respect one could render to the lost one. Tears of all rela...”
“The greatest obstacle to human liberty is that the vast majority of people do not wish to be free.”
“Every person has the choice to contribute to or drain from this world.”
“I work for a human rights organization, which strikes me as, if not interesting in the day to day sense, at least an interesting thing to tell people at parties. I'm pleased to be doing something t...”
“The views of the Courts in regard to imprisonment have however undergone modification in the last ten years. Imprisonment is seen more and more as a harsh and drastic punishment to be reserved for ...”
“No ideology is worth a Human life.”
“They talk about human rights until the rights include things they personally do not like as alternatives. There needs to be Frank discussions. And Shirley can join too because the pun works. The id...”
“Look at yourselves. Some of you teenagers, students. How do you think I feel and I belong to a generation ahead of you - how do you think I feel to have to tell you, 'We, my generation, sat around ...”
