Society, Justice & Peace: Human Rights Quotes

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"Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of"

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Judge

"You would have a huge statelessness problem if you don't consider a child born abroad a U.S. citizen"

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Judge

"As Secretary of Housing, I do have to express alarm, signal the alarm if you will, that the potential for homelessness to grow is there"

Henry Cisneros, Politician

"The relationships that people have - that are sexual, psychological, emotional - these relationships are not open to supervision by parents, schools, churches, or government. Nobody has any right to intervene at all in any kind of relationship like that"

Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Writer

"Democracy is not just about elections, it is about ensuring that all voices are heard and that everyone has a fair chance to participate in the process"

Alassane Ouattara, President

"Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking"

James L. Farmer, Jr., Activist

"The right of self defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals, and whether the attack be made by Spain herself or by those who abuse her power, its obligation is not the less strong"

James Monroe, President

"No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach"

William Cowper, Poet

"I write against the religion because if women want to live like human beings, they will have to live outside the religion and Islamic law"

Taslima Nasrin, Writer

"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute"

Thurgood Marshall, Judge

"In the Federal Government, electronic records are as indispensable as their paper counterparts for documenting citizens' rights, the actions for which officials are accountable, and the nation's history"

Allen Weinstein, Public Servant

"Since the pharmaceuticals don't make any money, and they control the doctors. If the doctors don't make any money, then all hell breaks loose. In communities like LA and New York, they are using a lot of the youth for a test sight"

Afrika Bambaataa, Musician

"I claim that rape exists any time sexual intercourse occurs when it has not been initiated by the woman, out of her own genuine affection and desire"

Robin Morgan, Activist

"HUD's mission is to provide decency and sanitary housing for low and moderate income people in this country"

Alphonso Jackson, Public Servant

"Are we going to go out and arrest and detain and deport 11 million people? Nobody would argue that that is what we are going to do, because we have never demonstrated the political will to do that, nor have we ever committed the requisite resources to do that"

Luis Gutierrez, Politician

"The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage and revengeful spirit"

Nelson A. Miles, Soldier

"But what is the use of preaching the Gospel to men whose whole attention is concentrated upon a mad, desperate struggle to keep themselves alive?"

William Booth, Leader

"And they do those jobs not because they want to take away anything from America, but because they want to give their skills, their sweat, their labor, for a better life and to help build a better America, just as those who came before them"

Luis Gutierrez, Politician

"If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are"

Marlee Matlin, Actress

"Everyone has a responsibility towards this larger family of man, but especially if you're privileged, that increases your responsibility"

Susan Sarandon, Actress

"What I am defending is the real rights of women. A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother"

Phyllis Schlafly, Activist

"The right of election is the very essence of the constitution"

Junius, Writer

"America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world"

William Bennett, Politician

"To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power"

Jane Fonda, Actress

"It is the purpose of the majority of the Immigration Committee to encourage assimilation, yet this bill has already done more than anything I know of to bring about discord among our resident aliens"

Emanuel Celler, Politician

"The dream of the Convention was born from the that children and their needs were not been considered when policies were being made, laws passed, or actions undertaken"

Carol Bellamy, Educator

"We are the world. We are the people, and we deserve better, not because we're worth it, but because no worth can be put on the incalculable, on the infinite, on life"

Nick Mancuso, Actor

"The French Revolution taught us the rights of man"

Thomas Sankara, Politician

"I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying"

Rachel Corrie, Activist

"Should slavery be abolished there, (and it is an event, which, from these circumstances, we may reasonably expect to be produced in time) let it be remembered, that the Quakers will have had the merit of its abolition"

Thomas Clarkson, Activist

"I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it, they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing"

Ian Smith, Politician

"We are on the lookout for criminal and terrorist activity but we do not - nor will we ever - monitor ideology or political beliefs. We take seriously our responsibility to protect the civil rights and liberties of the American people, including subjecting our activities to rigorous oversight from numerous internal and external sources"

Janet Napolitano, Politician

"We are learning more about the humanity of the unborn child. Science and truth support the prolife movement"

Candice S. Miller, Politician

"The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled"

Josiah Strong, Clergyman

"In addition, we were unable to meet openly to discuss the progress of the book, for we were both on the list of persons banned from communicating with other banned persons"

Ruth First, Activist

"You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea"

Medgar Evers, Activist

"Virtually every civilized society today holds sacred the right to peaceably bury their dead"

Mike Schmidt, Athlete

"Marching with over a million women in support of our reproductive rights was one of the most empowering things I have done, both as a woman and as a Member of Congress"

Sheila Jackson Lee, Politician

"My own family and thousands of other Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. It took our nation over 40 years to apologize"

Mike Honda, Politician

"I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps, and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people"

George Takei, Actor

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