Society, Justice & Peace: Human Rights Quotes

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"Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later"

Bob Filner, Politician

"I do support enhanced interrogation techniques. Obviously their value is shining through with respect to the bin Laden killing"

Tim Pawlenty, Politician

"A Gorean slave girl in the presence of a free man or woman always kneels, unless excused from doing so"

John Norman, Writer

"From the beginning of our history, the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned"

Charles Sumner, Politician

"It is the potential for economic growth that provides the basis for the development of countries, for bringing to people essential goods and services, such as water to drink and facilities for healthcare"

Lee R. Raymond, Businessman

"There is an Islamic population in France, most of which comes from the North African countries"

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Politician

"The other salient characteristic of the Declaration is its universality: it applies to all human beings without any discrimination whatever; it also applies to all territories, whatever their economic or political regime"

Rene Cassin, Judge

"At their core, Americans all want the same basic things: a quality education for their children, a good job so they can provide for their families, healthcare and affordable prescription drugs, security during retirement, a strongly equipped military and national security"

Ruben Hinojosa, Politician

"As for me, even though I have been accused of anti-Semitism countless times, no one has ever heard me make anti-Semitic statements or engage in anti-Semitic behavior"

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Politician

"The 20th century taught us how far unbridled evil can and will go when the world fails to confront it. It is time that we heed the lessons of the 20th century and stand up to these murderers. It is time that we end genocide in the 21st century"

Allyson Schwartz, Politician

"A suppressing person isn't critical. A suppressing person is a person who denies the rights of others"

L. Ron Hubbard, Author

"Immigration is not just compatible with, but is a necessary component of economic growth"

Dave Reichert, Politician

"My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation"

Bjorn Lomborg, Scientist

"We don't protect our young, and we tolerate predators of our own species"

Andrew Vachss, Author

"The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man"

William Beveridge, Economist

"Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else"

Walter Koenig, Actor

"The United Nations cannot stand by and witness the destruction of the people of West Papua"

Bernard Dowiyogo, Politician

"So the question is, First, Whether the civil magistrate hath power to force men in things religious to do contrary to their conscience, and if they will not to punish them in their goods, liberties, or lives? This we hold in the negative"

Robert Barclay, Writer

"I have to say when we talk about the treatment of these prisoners that I would guess that these prisoners wake up every morning thanking Allah that Saddam Hussein is not in charge of these prisons"

James Inhofe, Politician

"It was our view of the worst that could befall our people if they were taken captive. So what was fascinating to me was that somehow it appears the techniques that we have feared most in the world would be used on our people, we are using on people in our custody"

Jane Mayer, Journalist

"The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them"

Bjorn Ulvaeus, Musician

"International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by the peoples and for the peoples"

Henri La Fontaine, Lawyer

"Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families"

Carolyn McCarthy, Politician

"These vessels are out of sight, out of mind. They are exempt from minimum-wage requirements, from Coast Guard inspections, OSHA regulations and other safety laws"

Steve Finley, Athlete

"I hope that the mistakes made and suffering imposed upon Japanese Americans nearly 60 years ago will not be repeated against Arab Americans whose loyalties are now being called into question"

Daniel Inouye, Politician

"Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression"

Harry Belafonte, Musician

"California is a tragic country - like Palestine, like every Promised Land"

Christopher Isherwood, Author

"Chronically homeless means constantly homeless; it means repeatedly homeless"

Linda Lingle, Politician

"One missing child is one too many"

John Walsh, Entertainer

"Most of the prisoners told the interpreter that they are from Mandingo"

Lewis Tappan, Businessman

"I'm for catching every Japanese in America, Alaska, and Hawai'i now and putting them in concentration camps"

Francis Biddle, Lawyer

"I don't believe gun owners have rights"

Sarah Brady, Activist

"Well, it is true that they did - the Pentagon did impose rules for governing the handling of the Koran in January of 2003, after there had been complaints about the handling of the Koran from detainees, from the International Red Cross"

Michael Isikoff, Journalist

"It is admitted by everybody that rights and privileges enjoyed by the Roman Catholic minority in Manitoba down to 1890 were taken away by legislation of 1890"

Charles Tupper, Statesman

"Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous"

William Proxmire, Politician

"Our concern, however, is with slavery as it is, and not with any theory of it"

Gerrit Smith, Politician

"It is people who are the objects of globalization and at the same time its subjects. What also follows logically from this is that globalization is not a law of nature, but rather a process set in train by people"

Tarja Halonen, Statesman

"The Coalition for International Justice estimated that 450,000 people in Darfur have died since the deadly genocide began some three years ago"

Kendrick Meek, Politician

"Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent placement for children who cannot return home"

Matt Blunt, Politician

"So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!"

Abu Bakar Bashir, Activist

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