Society, Justice & Peace: Human Rights Quotes

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"And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of leaders of the Communist Party, and then of all honest anti-fascists"

Paul Robeson, Actor

"The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based on international law and United Nations resolutions, and that it frantically continues to intensify building of settlements on the territory of the State of Palestine"

Mahmoud Abbas, Statesman

"People must realize that a crime motivated by racial or ethnic prejudice against one group is a crime against all of us"

Jose Serrano, Politician

"We oppose occupation of land by force and we believe in dialogue as the method for regaining Arab rights. This is the spirit of the Great Arab Revolt"

King Hussein I, Statesman

"To denigrate the union movement in this way is to denigrate the right and the ability of people who are not rich to organize and to accomplish things together"

Warren Beatty, Actor

"The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end"

William J. Brennan, Judge

"This is the basis, and I am not being tried for whether I am a Communist, I am being tried for fighting for the rights of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America"

Paul Robeson, Actor

"I was taught to be anti-Jewish"

Mercedes McCambridge, Actress

"Our national media refuses to report that even the Supreme Court did not say marriage was a human right in all cases, nor did it say that the heterosexual definition violated anyone's right or that the heterosexual definition of marriage was unconstitutional"

Stockwell Day, Politician

"I lived a very don't-ask, don't-tell life"

Tab Hunter, Actor

"The majority of surveys throughout this Nation show that the American people are advocating for a comprehensive and realistic approach to immigration reform"

Raul Grijalva, Politician

"Ban partial-birth abortion except to save mother's life"

Jerry Weller, Politician

"If we do not step forward, then we step back. If we do not protect a right, then we deny it"

Paul Martin, Politician

"Total ghettoization, because they were in charge of public housing, the local council, and they deliberately located people in a ghetto situation in order to ensure that they maintained control"

John Hume, Politician

"The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights"

Herbert Croly, Author

"We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option"

Lee H. Hamilton, Politician

"Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people"

Lee H. Hamilton, Politician

"I'm not so sure that people consider homelessness to be as important as, say, the Vietnam War. One should never even try to equate them because, of course, they're tragedies on both sides of the coin"

Graham Nash, Musician

"Today, the rich bottom land of the Misssissippi is under water, and no foreign land has sent a dollar to help"

Gordon Sinclair, Journalist

"If I can do one hundredth part for the Indian that Mrs. Stowe did for the Negro, I will be thankful"

Helen Hunt Jackson, Writer

"I found that there is very little interest in Washington for true election reform. That neither the White House nor either house of the Congress seems to be as committed to guaranteeing democratic participation in this country as we seem to be in other countries"

DeForest Soaries, Politician

"Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity"

Terry Waite, Author

"We are here, on earth. Not one of us has any right to the earth"

Benjamin Tucker, Activist

"If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future"

Alexis Herman, Public Servant

"Some argue that recognition of the genocide has become even more problematic now, when the world is at war with terrorism and the United States cannot afford to offend the sensibility of our Turkish ally"

Adam Schiff, Politician

"To me, it is a process, a process that starts with raising awareness, engaging international partners on this issue, and being committed to a different course of action"

Alexis Herman, Public Servant

"We must... guarantee women control over their own reproductive decisions"

Henry W. Kendall, Scientist

"What we say is that democracy means that you have the right to vote without intimidation and undue burdens. But if you stand in line for six hours, technically, today there is no document, no standard, no law that says that that's wrong"

DeForest Soaries, Politician

"A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped, people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle"

Jean Genet, Dramatist

"In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity"

Adam Schiff, Politician

"If someone lives in New York, he's a New Yorker - they are entitled to the best medical system in the world"

George Pataki, Politician

"I just thought it was unconscionable for the Congress to insert itself into this debate. We are particularly unqualified to make that decision and to intrude ourselves into the lives of this family"

Gary Ackerman, Politician

"Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur, they are to be condemned, and we should not turn a blind eye to them"

Cate Blanchett, Actress

"You look at the whole Human Rights questions, I happened to be there at just the right time when the country was awakening - this goes to the first question you asked - the whole country was awakening to a hundred years of injustice that hadn't been resolved yet"

Birch Bayh, Politician

"I should point out that I was intimately involved with a group of women here a year and a half ago when there was an effort made by a right wing element in the President's party to get him to turn back the clock"

Birch Bayh, Politician

"I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet"

Edward James Olmos, Actor

"The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"In this film George presents issues that are important, essential and vital, whoever you are, about constitutional rights and the bedrock of a democracy. I am drawn to those kinds of stories because they inspire me - they are responsible to a populace and responsible to man"

David Strathairn, Actor

"The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless"

Bianca Jagger, Celebrity

"Like my colleague, I represent a large Assyrian community in central California, one of the largest concentrations of Assyrian Americans anywhere in the United States"

Dennis Cardoza, Politician

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