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  • Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world ... Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.

    Eleanor Roosevelt, Allida Mae Black (2013). “Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt”, p.190, Columbia University Press
  • Together we can prevent genocide from happening again. Together we can make a better future for our children.

  • Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.

    Home   Rights   Community  
    Eleanor Roosevelt, Allida Mae Black (2013). “Courage in a Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt”, p.190, Columbia University Press
  • Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights. You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.

  • Human rights education is much more than a lesson in schools or a theme for a day; it is a process to equip people with the tools they need to live lives of security and dignity. On this International Human Rights Day, let us continue to work together to develop and nurture in future generations a culture of human rights, to promote freedom, security and peace in all nations.

  • It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights are and how they can be defended.

    Knowledge   Rights   Long  
  • Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.

    "Pope Francis: the humble pontiff with practical approach to poverty" by Mark Rice-Oxley, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2013.
  • The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.

    Peace   Ubuntu   Rights  
  • The UN Declaration of Human Rights laid down what any person might reasonably expect, yet there are remarkably few people who enjoy these rights. With cameras in the hands of activists and meaningful distribution of those images, we will witness what really goes on in this world and hopefully want to change it.

  • So on this Human Rights Day, let us rededicate ourselves to the advancement of human rights and freedoms for all, and pledge always to live by the ideals we promote to the world.

    "Beatings, Protests, Arrests Mark 60th Annual Human Rights Day". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 10, 2009.
  • No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.

    Woman and the New Race ch. 8 (1920)
  • Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation.

    Heart   Rights   Long  
  • Its the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and thats what matters.

  • Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.

  • In the future, human rights will be increasingly a universal criterion for designing ethical systems.

  • The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

    Freedom   Men   Rights  
    1963 On sending national guardsmen to ensure peaceful integration at the University of Alabama. Address to the nation, 11 Jun.
  • Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.

    Twitter post from Jan 21, 2016
  • Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign. ... You must weep that your own government, at present, seems blind to this truth.

  • America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

    Jimmy Carter (1995). “Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation”, Puffin
  • Please use your freedom to promote ours.

  • Human rights is the only ideology that deserves to survive

  • Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

    Wisdom   Freedom   Men  
  • The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign.

    "Speeches that Changed the World". Book edited by Owen Collins, Westminster John Knox Press, p. 431, 1999.
  • The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent.

  • No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.

  • Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

    Elie Wiesel (2011). “From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences”, p.170, Schocken
  • Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.

    The Observer, May 28, 1961.
  • To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

    Twitter post from Mar 21, 2016
  • We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty.

    Jose Ramos-Horta's Nobel Lecture in Oslo. Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1996.
  • ...let us continue to work together to develop and nurture in future generations a culture of human rights, to promote freedom, security and peace in all nations.

    FaceBook post by Kofi Annan from Apr 15, 2017
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