Society, Justice & Peace: Human Rights Quotes

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"The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often terrible, they are not as appalling as they were there"

Herman Gorter, Poet

"If God gives you rights, no man and no government can take them away from you"

Roy Moore, Judge

"I've always been fascinated by activists, people who will devote their life to a cause, people who go to India and to Africa and put their life in jeopardy to do what they believe is right"

Rachel Weisz, Actress

"Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader"

Marty Meehan, Politician

"Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture"

Marty Meehan, Politician

"Some laws are wrong, and we have an obligation to speak out against those laws wherever they are"

Julian McMahon, Actor

"The serious crimes by the Sudanese government and the government-supported militias must be met with serious consequences. We must work for tough international economic sanctions on the Sudanese government"

Allyson Schwartz, Politician

"Today, Jewish defense is an accepted thing"

Meir Kahane, Clergyman

"We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material is not likely to harm anyone, that it is properly investigated by quality news organizations, and by lawyers and human rights groups and so on"

Julian Assange, Activist

"Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She only hoped to inspire young people to achieve great things"

Jim Costa, Politician

"Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally.That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world"

Gordon Brown, Politician

"Rights come from God, not from government"

Roy Moore, Judge

"No person who denies the existence of a supreme being shall hold any office under this Constitution"

Michael Newdow, Lawyer

"I believe in trade unionism, and I believe in democracy, in democratic trade unionism"

Richard Attenborough, Actor

"Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia, a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom, democracy and human rights, as you all have seen, shall be existing with no end"

Hun Sen, Statesman

"Eradicate poverty. This is all that matters in my country. When I am out training, I think about this a lot; when I am running, it is going over in my mind. As a country, we cannot move forward until we eradicate poverty"

Haile Gebrselassie, Athlete

"I am passionately opposed to capital punishment, and I have been all my life"

Richard Attenborough, Actor

"The slave girl is reared in an atmosphere of licentiousness and fear"

Harriet Ann Jacobs, Writer

"No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery"

Harriet Ann Jacobs, Writer

"Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for international terrorist organizations, and abhorrent human rights practices pose one of the greatest threats to global security"

Allyson Schwartz, Politician

"In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. Laws were enacted which excluded Jewish children from higher education in public schools"

Jack Steinberger, Physicist

"California must be all American or all Chinese. We are resolved that it shall be American, and are prepared to make it so. May we not rely upon your sympathy and assistance?"

Denis Kearney, Politician

"California has the highest number of illegal immigrants residing in its borders. The estimated number of illegal alien residents in California was about 2.2 million, or nearly 32 percent of the total number of illegal immigrants in the United States"

Gary Miller, Politician

"You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young"

George Takei, Actor

"When I was six years old, my mother died; and then, for the first time, I learned, by the talk around me, that I was a slave"

Harriet Ann Jacobs, Writer

"Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus, which we have in mind, and bring their families and would have the possibility to defect after they would be ready to speak their mind, well, I hope so"

Hans Blix, Diplomat

"It is vitally important that we implement immigration reform. We need a bill that strengthens our borders and protects this nation, but that also makes it simpler for good people to become Americans"

Dave Reichert, Politician

"Moreover, as we live in an era of the ascendancy of democracy and human rights, we must see that Taiwan has been a vibrant democracy with a democratically elected president and legislature"

Nick Lampson, Politician

"For me the march was a labor - a labor of love - but I was busy handing out flyers for the National Association of Black Social Workers, so I really wasn't standing in the crowd listening and observing. I was busy"

Andre Braugher, Actor

"Yet, only years after the Nazi-era, millions were sent to their deaths in places such as Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda, and the world once again took too long to act"

Allyson Schwartz, Politician

"The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion"

Iris Chang, Historian

"On February 7, 2.2 million Haitians went to the polls and exercised their constitutional right to select a leader. They went by foot, by tap tap and other forms of transportation, traveling hours and standing in line for almost a day to get to their polling places"

Mark Foley, Politician

"If Turkey is prepared to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, then its leaders can proceed immediately to direct dialogue with its counterparts in Armenia to define a common vision for the future"

Mark Foley, Politician

"We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths"

Iris Chang, Historian

"Somebody who was born in this country, who visited China, would later face difficulty getting back in to the USA. We have to keep in mind that the struggles of the Chinese against these exclusion laws really laid down the foundations of civil rights law"

Iris Chang, Historian

"An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million"

Gary Miller, Politician

"Dr. Flint had sworn that he would make me suffer, to my last day, for this new crime against him, as he called it; and as long as he had me in his power he kept his word"

Harriet Ann Jacobs, Writer

"In France, that let down the barriers more than a hundred years ago, the feeling of antipathy is still strong enough to sustain an anti-Jewish political party"

Franz Boas, Scientist

"The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition"

Harriet Ann Jacobs, Writer

"That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati"

Gamaliel Bailey, Journalist

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