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"The struggle for democracy, for human rights, for a dignified existence, for justice, ultimately, continues. These are things that simply cannot be eradicated from people"
Ales Bialiatski, Activist
"Human rights defenders and NGOs that participate in the work of the Council are actors of change and progress in their own societies"
Ales Bialiatski, Activist
"As long as there are political prisoners in Belarus, there can be no serious talk about improving relations"
Ales Bialiatski, Activist
"Let me be clear, if there is any use of costly systems and mechanisms we have created for the past 80 decades to preserve human rights and dignity, now is the time to do it"
Abbas Araghchi, Diplomat
"The safety and dignity of every individual are priceless values; without them, the worth of all other goods fades"
Nataša Pirc Musar, President
"The world may be changing, but the need for respect for human dignity remains as important as ever"
Nataša Pirc Musar, President
"I don't want them to have to face the challenges I did, whether it's early marriage or FGM. I don't want them to have to live in fear. I don't want any girl to ever feel that way"
Jaha Dukureh, Activist
"I felt like the only way to make a difference was to break that culture of silence, by speaking out against these practices, and saying something about it, and encouraging other people to do so"
Jaha Dukureh, Activist
"I am proud to join UN Women in their fight for the rights of women and girls all over Africa. I want to see the day when no parent makes a decision that will change and limit their daughters' lives"
Jaha Dukureh, Activist
"Dignity is not negotiable. Equality is not optional. And freedom for all women and girls is not a dream. It is a demand, and we will not stop until it is met"
Jaha Dukureh, Activist
"Rural exoduses are not to be avoided by prohibiting access to cities, but by helping young people and adults to have equal access to dignity, well-being, decent housing, education, culture, health, and also the joy of living"
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President
"It was in these moments on Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast that he decided that he would dedicate all his efforts, his whole life, to make sure this does not happen to the Garifuna in Belize"
Andy Vivian Palacio, Musician
"It is our duty to stand up for humanity. Step in and correct things that are wrong"
Leymah Gbowee, Activist
"As a woman and a mother, I pray for the safe return of all the abducted girls. I also applaud the strength of the women who continue to fight for them"
Leymah Gbowee, Activist
"The defenders that we're looking for are individuals who understand that peace and justice are borderless, so I can interfere in anything that impacts women in the U.S. just as I will interfere in things that impact women in Liberia"
Leymah Gbowee, Activist
"I believe we should make the U.N. serve the people and not politicians"
Jasmila Žbanić, Director
"In the face of new threats, more than ever, the international community must be able to re-establish universal principles and values, and ensure that they are respected by all"
Xavier Espot Zamora, Minister
"Faced with the current temptations of unilateralism and the acknowledged decline in respect for human rights, the rule of law and democracy, we must remain mobilised and true to our convictions"
Xavier Espot Zamora, Minister
"Over the past thirty years, the Council of Europe has become an essential ally in the modernisation of our institutions and legislation, and the guarantor of the balance between the rights and duties of citizens in building an advanced, responsible and sustainable democracy"
Xavier Espot Zamora, Minister
"Protect trans kids"
Pedro Pascal, Actor
"Most people live uncomplicated lives. They have work and quietly rear their children. There is an order and sanity about them that keeps the world going. There is an outer disorder and insanity about my life which makes me a victim. One of the disorders is that they won't give us citizenship here"
Bessie Head, Writer
"I call on the international community to stand with the people of Belarus"
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Politician
"I feel like if you have a platform, you should use it"
Naomi Osaka, Athlete
"It's important to use your voice when you have a platform"
Gemma Chan, Actress
"I don't really know what 'community' means. And I never use that word"
Chris Hughes, Entrepreneur
"You learn pretty fast that there is no magic solution to poverty"
Chris Hughes, Entrepreneur
"One must say bluntly that it is an unattractive sight when, with a view to smearing the Soviet people, leaders of such a country as the United States resort to what almost amounts to obscenities alternating with hypocritical preaching about morals and humanism"
Yuri Andropov, Statesman
"The chief duty of governments, in so far as they are coercive, is to restrain those who would interfere with the inalienable rights of the individual, among which are the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to the pursuit of happiness, and the right to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience"
Dwight Morrow, Businessman
"A married woman has the same right to control her own body as does an unmarried woman"
Sol Wachtler, Judge
"In other restaurants you'll see employees signing to each other, since we also hire many deaf men and women"
Carl Karcher, Businessman
"Our goal isn't to close Wal-Mart down. It is to make it a better, more humane company toward its employees and the communities it is in"
Robert Greenwald, Director
"The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem"
Erich Leinsdorf, Celebrity
"It's a story of little girls who are pressed into working in sweat shops in games, who spend all day doing repetitive grinding tasks like making shirts, which are then converted into gold and sold on eBay"
Cory Doctorow, Journalist
"Quality, affordable housing is a key element of a strong and secure Iowa"
Thomas Vilsack, Politician
"We have warned and continue to warn against calls for the division of Iraq, which come up now and then, calling for sectarian rights or minority freedoms"
Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Royalty
"Some of the free lunch programs were still goin' on - based on the last leg of the Black Panther Party"
Kool Moe Dee, Musician
"It's hard for us not to be involved with things. When you have so much information and you see so much need, there's too much going on for us not to get involved"
Jeff Ament, Musician
"Acts of anti-Semitism in countries throughout the world, including some of the world's strongest democracies, have increased significantly in frequency and scope over the last several years"
Tim Holden, Politician
"The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda"
Strom Thurmond, Politician
"There were thousands of abolitionists who were free traders"
Robert Toombs, Politician
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