80 quotes found
“All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth that the mass of mankind has not been born w...”
“The question, he (Lincoln) said over and over, is not what a man's particular abilities may be, but what his rights are as a human being made in God's image.”
“By contrast, if one conceives the idea of human rights as centring on the notion that each individual is completely autonomous and should have entire control over its own fate, this seems to me unr...”
“We must dilute and disperse all forms of concentrated power that refuse to be accountable to majority wishes.”
“Sexual rights are not only a basic element of human rights but should have an integral part in moves towards Arab reform ...”
“Ah, my dear friend Hassim, seems our paths cross once again, how fortunate for this humble Sheik. As Abdullah spoke in his usual self deprecating manner I realized that a favor was on the tip of hi...”
“Why should the spread of ideas and people result in reforms that lower violence? There are several pathways. The most obvious is a debunking of ignorance and superstition. A connected and educated ...”
“Its not our place to judge the guilt or innocence of the prisoners, Nurse Webster. The sooner you learn that the better. Any other approach just leads to conflicts of duty and undermines the smooth...”
“Peygamber dedi: 'Kadın akıllılara ve gönül sahiplerine tam galip gelir. Cahillerse kadına üstün olur, çünkü onlar sert ve serkeş davranır.' İncelik, letafet ve insaf onlarda az bulunur, çünkü tabia...”
“We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.”
“Under the Iranian code, the worth of a woman’s life equals half of a man’s, a point that often leads to grotesque legal judgments that effectively punish the victims. In this instance, the judge ru...”
“If you are an LGBT+ person and you come out, you have to go through your knight’s quest to create ground for yourself, to create a space for yourself, to stand there and say, “I exist. I have no re...”
“I repeat, whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all.”
“If the prisoner is beaten, it is an arrogant expression of fear.”
“We’re currently faced with two entirely different challenges – facing down Islamism and jihadism on the one hand, and advancing human rights and democratic culture on the other.”
“Every attempt through history to limit the definition of humanity has been a prelude to the subjugation, degradation, and slaughter of innocents.”
“It must be instilled in man that ‘peace’ is the best legacy we would leave behind for the generations to come, as we practice and follow the edicts of human rights.”
“Every child born in the world must be considered as deriving its existence from God. The world is this new to him as it was to the first that existed, and his natural right in it is of the same kind.”
“It’s not our place to judge the guilt or innocence of the prisoners, Nurse Webster. The sooner you learn that the better. Any other approach just leads to conflicts of duty and undermines the smoot...”
