Society, Justice & Peace: Human Rights Quotes

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"Emancipation from every kind of bondage is my principle. I go for recognition of human rights, without distinction of sect, party, sex, or color"

Ernestine L. Rose, Activist

"Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe"

Ahmed Ben Bella, Politician

"I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine"

Zachary Quinto, Actor

"Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia"

Ahmed Ben Bella, Politician

"Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization"

Julie Christie, Actress

"God saw fit, for wise reasons, to allow the people of Israel thus to make and possess slaves; but is this any license to us to enslave any of our fellow-men, to kill any of our fellow-men whom we please and are able to destroy, and take possession of their estates?"

Samuel Hopkins, Clergyman

"The idea of a federal betting parlor on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous, and it's grotesque"

Ron Wyden, Politician

"As a consequence of these hesitations and of the vague character of such innovations, the Commission on Human Rights itself had doubts from the beginning about its role and its functions in general"

Rene Cassin, Judge

"I did become American citizen in order to vote. I lived in this country for a very long time and I finally reached the point where I thought, I'm often sticking my neck out on various issues, as all human beings have a right to do"

Lynn Redgrave, Actress

"Let me be clear - I want all Louisiana citizens to have choice - including the elderly and persons with disabilities - and their families - who rely on the state for their care"

Kathleen Blanco, Politician

"Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain, tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps"

Martha Gellhorn, Journalist

"Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life"

Robert Casey, Politician

"We really got a lot of very conservative gay people. You could look at the figures from the last election and realize that a third of the gay movement voted Republican"

Kate Clinton, Comedian

"The abortion license has not brought freedom and security to women. Rather, it has ushered in a new era of irresponsibility toward women and children, one that now begins before birth"

Robert Casey, Politician

"Indeed, an entire generation of Americans has grown to adulthood since the Roe decision of 1973, which held that the right to choose an abortion was a privacy right protected by our Constitution"

Robert Casey, Politician

"What's surprising is that the people who fought against torture here are the communists"

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Politician

"In recent years - before the Intifada - there were three or four incidents of anti-Semitism a year, and that's out of 18 million crimes and violations of the law"

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Politician

"I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly"

Norman Lamm, Educator

"I think because of their terrible past, particularly this century, the Chinese have come to accept cruelty more than many other people, which is something I feel very unhappy about"

Jung Chang, Writer

"When two drivers curse each other on the road, and one of them happens to be a Jew, you can't define that as anti-Semitism"

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Politician

"There was no reason to label us as anti-Semitic"

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Politician

"Millions also perished in the Chinese camps, and there have been terrible genocides in Cambodia and Vietnam"

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Politician

"If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them"

Samuel Hopkins, Clergyman

"As corollaries to the right of every individual to life and to full participation in society, the Declaration incorporated in the list of human rights the right to work and a certain number of economic, social, and cultural rights"

Rene Cassin, Judge

"The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy lifting"

Major Owens, Politician

"I've been... chased by paparazzi, and they run lights, and they chase you and harass you the whole time. It happens all over the world, and it has certainly gotten worse. You don't know what it's like being chased by them"

Tom Cruise, Actor

"Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters"

Ernestine L. Rose, Activist

"It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two"

Major Owens, Politician

"I am fairly certain that my abortion position hurt me, because in a Democratic primary, where turnout is relatively low, liberal voters turn out in disproportionately large numbers and thus exercise a disproportionate influence on the outcome"

Robert Casey, Politician

"I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes"

Peter Matthiessen, Writer

"There are genuine concerns about the status of children to be sent to Malaysia and also there are genuine concerns about the human rights record in Malaysia"

Julie Bishop, Politician

"There is so much that can be done, you see, the assembly is about improving our democracy"

Ron Davies, Politician

"I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear"

Fiona Apple, Musician

"I suppose you all grant that woman is a human being. If she has a right to life she has a right to earn a support for that life. If a human being, she has a right to have her powers and faculties as a human being developed. If developed, she has a right to exercise them"

Ernestine L. Rose, Activist

"Kennedy invited us into the White House-the first time in the history of the White House picketers had been invited inside. This made front page headlines"

Peter Coyote, Actor

"A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure"

John Foxe, Writer

"We will never stop illegal immigration until this country has a comprehensive, realistic immigration policy"

Ruben Hinojosa, Politician

"The people of South and Central Texas and the Coastal Bend need jobs, they need health care, they need water infrastructure improvements, they need a quality education, and they need the resources to keep our borders safe and secure"

Ruben Hinojosa, Politician

"We were not treated by our own government as proper human beings and consequently, some outsiders did not regard us as the same kind of humans as themselves"

Jung Chang, Writer

"We pray that the deceitful race - such hateful enemies and blasphemers of the name of Christ - be not allowed to further infect and trouble this new colony"

Peter Stuyvesant, Public Servant

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