Quotes about Human Right

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights... stands as a landmark achievement in the history of human liberty. Votes: 4

Israel does not respect the principles or purposes of the United Nations charter nor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Votes: 3

...the current Human Rights Commission's working group is made up of the Netherlands, Hungary, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe. No, I'm not making that up. Votes: 3

However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights. Votes: 3

Human Rights for everyone is the necessary foundation upon which all of us may build a world where everybody may live in peace and serenity and plenty. Votes: 3

No! on Human Rights and Freedom, on a subject that is as self-evident as that two and two make four, there is no need of any written authority. Votes: 3

Currently, the United States provides 22 percent of the U.N. annual budgets, over $900 million in fiscal year 2007, and some of that funding goes to the Human Rights Council. Votes: 3

Additionally, any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries with despicable human rights records to remain as members, such as China and Saudi Arabia, is not real reform. Votes: 3

Human Rights Watch wants Rwandans to be able to speak freely about their ethnic hatreds, and to allow political parties connected with the defeated genocide army to campaign freely for power. Votes: 3

That's Anil's path. She grows up in Sri Lanka, goes and gets educated abroad, and through fate or chance gets brought back by the Human Rights Commission to investigate war crimes. Votes: 3

We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act... about the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat. Votes: 3

The Czech Republic is a dynamic United Nations Member State, active on the Human Rights Council, contributing to the peaceful settlement of disputes, and helping other countries to achieve a democratic transition. Votes: 3

I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

Terrorists and their allies believe the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the American Bill of Rights and every charter of liberty ever written are lies to be burned and destroyed and forgotten. Votes: 3

Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the Alberta Human Rights Commission for expressing his biblical views on same sex marriage. Votes: 3

In the struggle for the rights of the poor in Central America and other places where globalization is bringing its negative effects, there is no organization more effective than the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights. Votes: 3

Any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries that sponsor terrorism to remain as members, such as Cuba, is not real reform. And in the past, countries such as Libya, Iran and Syria have participated on this council. Votes: 3

We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Votes: 3

Sudan replaced the U.S. on the U.N. Human Rights Commission joining Syria, and Cuba. So now, the commission members have no interest in upholding the stated mission of the panel. It's just like the Senate Ethics Committee. Votes: 3

The International Declaration of Human Rights says the right to housing, health, education should be guaranteed to everyone. The moment these things are provided, we will have a different world order and nuclear weapons will become less of a threat. Votes: 3

All that I can tell you is, that I used my humble powers to the uttermost, and raised my voice in behalf of Human Rights in general, and the elevation and Rights of Woman in particular, nearly all my life. Votes: 3

Ever since taking office, the Obama administration has sought to accommodate Islamist demands that freedom of expression be curbed, lest it offend Muslims and stoke violence. For example, in 2009, the administration co-sponsored a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution along those lines. Votes: 3

The U.N. is worse than disaster. The U.N. creates conflicts. Look at the disgraceful U.N. Human Rights Council: It transmits norms which are harmful, anti-liberty and anti-Semitic, among other things. The world would be better off in its absence. Votes: 3

The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the Charter of Human Rights which the San Francisco Conference had not had the time or the courage to draw up. Votes: 3

The UN Commission on Human Rights, whose membership in recent years has included countries - such as Libya and Sudan - which have deplorable human rights records, and the recent Oil-for-Food scandal, are just a few examples of why reform is so imperative. Votes: 3

In some ways, [the student anti-sweatshop movement] is like the anti-apartheid movement, except that in this case its striking at the core of the relations of exploitation. Much of this was initiated by Charlie Kernaghan of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights... Votes: 3

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest with the family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else. Votes: 3

Realising the healthy international relations can be created only among populations made up of individuals who themselves are healthy and enjoy a measure a independence, the United Nations elaborated a Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on December 10, 1948. Votes: 3

Freedom is a timeless value. The United Nations Charter calls for encouraging respect for fundamental freedoms. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights mentions freedom more than twenty times. All countries have committed to protecting individual freedoms on paper - but in practice, too many break their pledge. Votes: 3

In this society the young people from the cities and from the countryside, professionals or not, often unemployed, have all means to join and reinforce our efforts to raise the brave torch of Human Rights that illuminates the way in which the future of us all is decided. Votes: 3

History is rife with examples of governments taking actions to 'protect' their citizens from harm by controlling access to information and inhibiting freedom of expression and other freedoms outlined in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We must make sure, collectively, that the Internet avoids a similar fate. Votes: 3

I believe marriage is a human right, not a state right. Votes: 2

For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine. Votes: 2

We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war. Votes: 2

We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right. Votes: 2

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. Votes: 2

All the big powers they've silenced me. So much for free speech and choice on this fundamental human right. Votes: 2

The right to protect the health and well-being of every person, of those we love, is a basic human right. Votes: 2

The right to communicate is a basic human right, and I believe that putting that on every national agenda is very important. Votes: 2

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development. Votes: 2

In Colombia, education is sometimes considered a luxury, not a human right. And it's not a priority in the agendas of many leaders. Votes: 2

A 'human right' is, by definition, timeless. It cannot adhere to some societies and not others, at some times and not at other times. Votes: 2

To help people in the third world get educated and learn how to read and write is so important. I mean it is such an important human right. Votes: 2

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences. Votes: 2

So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable. Votes: 2

Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right. Votes: 2

There is a high bar for something to be considered a human right. Loosely put, it must be among the things we as humans need in order to lead healthy, meaningful lives, like freedom from torture or freedom of conscience. Votes: 2

Our national media refuses to report that even the Supreme Court did not say marriage was a human right in all cases nor did it say that the heterosexual definition violated anyone's right or that the heterosexual definition of marriage was unconstitutional. Votes: 2

The church acknowledges some Scientologists choose to sever communications with family members who leave. The church says it is a fundamental human right to cease communication with someone. It adds disconnection is used against expelled members and those who attack the church. Votes: 2

In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a basic human right, is not upheld in our midst as widely and as completely as it should be. Votes: 2

That I have the right to express myself freely at all times in all circumstances entails the idea that free speech is a 'basic human right' possessed by each individual, and, as such, trumps the interests of the society or group, including my neighbour. Votes: 2

I believe that it is our human right to be parents and women. And there's no contradiction between feminism, which means women should have all that they are entitled to, all that they can do, all the opportunities that they can take advantage of they should have. Votes: 2

The world's urban poor and the illiterate are going to be increasingly disadvantaged and are in danger of being left behind. The web has added a new dimension to the gap between the first world and the developing world. We have to start talking about a human right to connect. Votes: 2

Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees an individual right to keep and bear arms against infringement by the government, state legislatures continue to do just that - enact laws that significantly infringe this fundamental human right. Votes: 2

The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human right violation on earth. Votes: 1

Vengeance is a human right. Votes: 0

Music is a fundamental human right Votes: 0

enlightenment should be a human right. Votes: 0

Religious freedom is a fundamental human right. Votes: 0

Right human relations is the only true peace. Votes: 0

Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right. Votes: 0

Education and water should be a human right. Votes: 0

The beauty of Catholicism is every human being's right. Votes: 0

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves. Votes: 0

Education is a human right with immense power to transform Votes: 0

Sexual pleasure is a legitimate right of the human being. Votes: 0

The right to life is the first among human rights. Votes: 0

Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased. Votes: 0

To err is human, but to forgive, well that's right on. Votes: 0

Education is not a luxury, it is a basic human right. Votes: 0

...someday..., we'll medicate human experience right out of the human experience. Votes: 0

Nature does not make mistakes. Right and wrong are human categories. Votes: 0

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself. Votes: 0

Horses react appropriately while waiting for the human to get it right. Votes: 0

All that we did was human, stupid, easily forgiven, Not quite right. Votes: 0

We call for healthcare as a human right through Medicare for all. Votes: 0

Health care is not a commodity or privilege, but a human right. Votes: 0

Healthcare should be a human right and not a commodity for sale. Votes: 0

The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know. Votes: 0

I'd like to believe that following one's bliss is a human right. Votes: 0

Freedom from indoctrination ought to be a basic human right for all children. Votes: 0

Does the unborn human fetus have at any point the right to live? Votes: 0

No one has a human right to hide from justice behind a veil. Votes: 0

For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right. Votes: 0

We cannot discuss human rights, when we are denying people the right to live. Votes: 0

We in Europe ... do not consider the freedom to buy weapons a human right. Votes: 0

No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings. Votes: 0

It's a fundamental human right to decide to have children or not to have children. Votes: 0

Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a basic human right. Votes: 0

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself. Votes: 0

Look at us human beings: it's so much easier to be right than to love. Votes: 0

We human beings are strange creatures and still reserve the right to think for ourselves. Votes: 0

God has never ceased to be the one true aim of all right human aspirations. Votes: 0

They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings? Votes: 0

They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings~? Votes: 0

You do not have the right to take another human's life, unless it's in strict self-defense. Votes: 0

It seems to me that it is the basic right of any human being to work. Votes: 0

Nothing in human life, least of all in religion, is ever right until it is beautiful. Votes: 0

Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions. Votes: 0

In the 21st Century, the capacity to communicate will almost certainly be a key human right. Votes: 0

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. Votes: 0

The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically. Votes: 0

There's no need for drama and hate, y'all. Let's love each other! We're all human, right? Votes: 0

To err on the side of passion is human and right and the only way I'll live, Votes: 0

to be understood is not a human right. Even to understand oneself is not a human right. Votes: 0

I'm the No. 1 artist in the world right now ... I am the No. 1 human being in music. Votes: 0

No iron spike can pierce a human heart as icily as a period in the right place. Votes: 0

Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid. Votes: 0

Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect. Votes: 0

Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing. Votes: 0

If heaven existed as a physical building on earth, human beings would remodel it to make it right. Votes: 0

My assumption is that fundamentally the picture of the human animal, as developed by Freud, is largely right. Votes: 0

Human beings have an unalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing. Votes: 0

I think romantic comedy, when done right, is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human. Votes: 0

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. Votes: 0

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all. Votes: 0

No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time. Votes: 0

You don't need to be a completely complete human right now … That's what makes you human. Votes: 0

Nothing is better for the human being than to add the right amount of honey to his food. Votes: 0

This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls. Votes: 0

No one has the right to place one human being in a position of political power over another. Votes: 0

If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right? Votes: 0

What is most needed right now is evolving human consciousness. Without that, science, technology, development, everything will go waste. Votes: 0

The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend him or herself. Votes: 0

Global commerce is driven by a single conviction: the inalienable right to earn profit, regardless of any human cost. Votes: 0

Human rights are for those who can behave like humans. If you can't act responsibly you relinquish that right. Votes: 0

It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions. Votes: 0

I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition. Votes: 0

In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual. Votes: 0

Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain. Votes: 0

Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society. Votes: 0

I believe in animal rights, and high among them is the right to the gentle stroke of a human hand. Votes: 0

Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . . Votes: 0

Nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong. Votes: 0

When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it's done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human. Votes: 0

... one of the immutable laws of being human is that the people who show up are the right people. [p. 65] Votes: 0

It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race. Votes: 0

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong. Votes: 0

Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history. Votes: 0

Every mystery ever solved had been a puzzle from the dawn of the human species right up until someone solved it. Votes: 0

There can be no compromise on the right of personal security; there can be no compromise on securing of human rights. Votes: 0

I believe that all human beings are equal. I believe that no one has the right to authority over anyone else. Votes: 0

The right to have our environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations is our most important human right. Votes: 0

That I have no right to be jealous is irrelevant. It is a human passion: the sick, white underbelly of love. Votes: 0

Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel. Votes: 0

Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person. Votes: 0

I believe no challenge is more important to the character of America than restoring the right to life to all human beings. Votes: 0

Every human being has the right to search for happiness, and by 'happiness' is meant something that makes other people feel content. Votes: 0

If the nature of human experience changes with the color of a man's skin, then the racists have been right all along. Votes: 0

The right to choose death when life no longer holds meaning is not only the next liberation but the last human right. Votes: 0

I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow. Votes: 0

The right to free speech is important but it isn't as important as 'we're all human beings together, let's find solutions together.' Votes: 0

God requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help. Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection. Votes: 0

The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self- dependence must give each individual the right to choose his own surroundings. Votes: 0

Classical music is a wonderful 1200 year-old tradition that witnesses everything that it has meant and what it means right now to be human. Votes: 0

The man who holds that every human right is secondary to his profit must now give way to the advocate of human welfare. Votes: 0

[I]n principle and in practice, in a right track and in a wrong one, the rarest of all human qualities is consistency. Votes: 0

There is no iron that can enter the human heart with such stupefying effect, as a period placed at just the right moment. Votes: 0

However, no human being - and certainly no man - has the right to define for me what my understanding of God is. Votes: 0

Peace is a civil right which makes other human rights possible. Peace is a precondition for our existence. Peace permits our continued existence. Votes: 0

With the right attitude, human beings can move mountains. With the wrong attitude, they can be crushed by the smallest grain of sand. Votes: 0

the horse will always do right if he understands. This is very remarkable. It is true neither of human beings nor of dogs. Votes: 0

... there are chords in every human heart. If we only knew how to strike the right chord, we would bring out the music. Votes: 0

If ye despise the human race, and mortal arms, yet remember that there is a God who is mindful of right and wrong. Votes: 0

I believe in discipline, so I'm not the right person to cry about weakness and things like this, but maybe I'm not human. Votes: 0

I still maintain that an ordinary human being has the right to be horrified by a mangled body seen on an afternoon walk. Votes: 0

I mean, you've got to protect human health beyond everything, and so we think eliminating shared-use antibiotics is the right way to go. Votes: 0

The human character, we believe, requires in general constant and immediate control to prevent its being biased from right by the seductions of self-love. Votes: 0

We have known since the 1800s that carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere. The right amount keeps the climate conducive to human life. Votes: 0

Human beings, regenerate or unregenerate, have neither the right nor the competence to dictate to a sovereign God how He is to be worshipped. Votes: 0

Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom. Votes: 0

You're trying to be tricky. What's morality?" "It's the difference between what's right and what you can rationalize." "Must be a human thing." "Exactly. Votes: 0

We have known since the 1800s that carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere. The right amount keeps the climate conducive to human life." Votes: 0

What we're about is the belief that access to affordable and real-time health information is a basic human right, and it's a civil right. Votes: 0

As a human being, you have the right to get angry; but as a practitioner, you do not have the right to stop practicing. Votes: 0

Every human being has the right to ask the reason, why, and to have his question answered by himself, if he only takes the trouble. Votes: 0

Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning - one that leads you toward becoming the fullest human being you can be. Votes: 0

... when personal happiness conflicts with any great human ideal, the right to claim such happiness is as nothing compared to the privilege of resigning it. Votes: 0

The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human, It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter born of woman. Votes: 0

In a justly organized community, however, government exists to secure the right to life and the other human rights that follow from that primary right. Votes: 0

We have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith. Votes: 0

It seems to me that right under the surface of human neurological organization is a mode shift of some sort that would make language beholdable. Votes: 0

They told me never fall in love, It never works out in your favor. You way too young and right now that's just human nature. Votes: 0

By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being. Votes: 0

I love theater. I love sitting in an audience and having the actors right there, playing out what it means to be a human being. Votes: 0

The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property out of others. Votes: 0

There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again. Votes: 0

I'm also human so I have days when I look in the mirror and go, "All right . . . Things are definitely changing." I can see that. Votes: 0

People don't actually stay still, you know - when their area is a disaster, they go somewhere else, right? And that's just a natural human impulse. Votes: 0

I'm right now standing inside Hamilton-Selway Fine Art as an artist, as a philanthropist, as a child of God, and more importantly as a human being. Votes: 0

I know Okay, Sorry. I am. Look, I'm human. It's hard to be fair sometimes. We don't always feel the right thing, do the right thing Votes: 0

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ. Votes: 0

You can't kill us all, human.' He was right. I raised the machine gun a little. 'True, but who's going to be first in line? Votes: 0

It's appalling that there have to be movements organized to give human beings the right to be human beings in the eyes of other human beings. Votes: 0

I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment. Votes: 0

It would be right to say that the helicopter's role in saving lives represents one of the most glorious pages in the history of human flight. Votes: 0

God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice. Votes: 0

The human brain is a funny thing: it's very susceptible to tempo and melody. You put the right words to it, and it becomes very influential. Votes: 0

Other human beings have a right to peace and happiness that is equal to our own; therefore we have a responsibility to help those in need. Votes: 0

The right to religious freedom has its foundation, not in the church or society or the state, but in the very dignity of the human person. Votes: 0

Chickens are interesting individuals who have as much right not to be cooked and eaten as a dog or a cat or even a human being. Votes: 0

Allow the diversity to exist. There is nothing wrong with it. Hell, we put up with the religious right-we can put up with transgendered human beings. Votes: 0

Human beings were given a left foot and a right foot to make a mistake first to the left, then to the right, left again and repeat. Votes: 0

For me, comedy is a day-to-day report on the human condition. It's what's happening right now. I get maybe 20 minutes of my act straight from the newspaper. Votes: 0

Each human being has the right to seek out joy, joy being understood as something which makes one content - not necessarily that which makes others content. Votes: 0

Human sacrifice is much in vogue right now. The Republican right thinks that people who get on its nerves, especially women, should be sent to the stake. . . Votes: 0

I am inclined to believe that if there can be a meaningful human right to any material thing, surely it starts with access to minimum clean freshwater. Votes: 0

A top geneticist at Stanford says human intelligence is declining. You know what that means? We are seeing Congress at its smartest and most effective right now. Votes: 0

Anything that we're connecting with that's happening right now, there's an obvious vulnerability - because we're just fragile human beings in the middle of a just-now expression. Votes: 0

Every human being is born without faith. Faith comes only through the process of making decisions to change before we can be sure it's the right move. Votes: 0

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it. Votes: 0

It is my aspiration that health finally will be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for. Votes: 0

But steel bars have never yet kept out a mob; it takes something a good deal stronger: human courage backed up by the consciousness of being right. Votes: 0

The unmet need that can get met right now is the need to be whole, to be both your magnificent, divine self and your imperfect, human self. Votes: 0

Does a person have a right to change his or her own religion? This is a fundamental human right, just like a right to freedom of speech. Votes: 0

I have plumbed the depth of human cowardice and I realized that there is only one way to be right, and that is to be in power. Votes: 0

I dont believe in good human beings, but I believe you can have structures that make it easier to make the right choice or the wrong choice. Votes: 0

At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life. Votes: 0

All human beings have a right to life. Our unborn children are members of the human race. They're human beings, so they have a right to life. Votes: 0

I don't believe in good human beings, but I believe you can have structures that make it easier to make the right choice or the wrong choice. Votes: 0

Every individual should have both the right to join a union and the right to not join a union should they so choose. It's about basic human freedom. Votes: 0

The unproductive tillage of human cattle takes that which of right belongs to free labor, and which is necessary for the support and happiness of our own race. Votes: 0

You can develop the right attitude toward others if you have kindness, love and respect for them, and a clear realization of the oneness of all human beings. Votes: 0

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom. Votes: 0

Most of us continue to believe that those who show utter contempt for human life by committing remorseless, premeditated murder justly forfeit the right to their own life. Votes: 0

More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take a look. That is just not right. Votes: 0

The woman who works for a dollar a day has as much right as any other human being to say what the conditions of her work should be. Votes: 0

I'm insatiably curious about human nature. I feel very lucky that as a writer I get to learn so much about it just to do my job right. Votes: 0

Augustine started from God's grace and got it right, Pelagius started from human effort and got it wrong. Augustine passionately pursued God; Pelagius methodically worked to please God. Votes: 0

Part of being human is that we can't go back, we can only hope that if we come across that moment again we'll do it the right way. Votes: 0

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect. Votes: 0

[Banning marriage equality is] discrimination, plain and simple. It's really not about votes. It's about people. I think it's the right thing to do as a human being. Votes: 0

In books and movies infidelity always looks so compelling, so right. Here are people who defy petty convention and are rewarded with only the tastiest bits of human experience. Votes: 0

Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more human a story can be, the better. Votes: 0

What will we do in a globalised world? All human beings are equal, so they have the same right to have the same lifestyle-the same social security, jobs, education. Votes: 0

Health care is an essential safeguard of human life and dignity and there is an obligation for society to ensure that every person be able to realize this right. Votes: 0

I am all too human, I don't always do the right thing, so how can I expect others to perform perfectly on the issues that are my top priority? Votes: 0

And we who have toiled for freedom's law, have we sought for freedom's soul? Have we learned at last that human right is not a part but the whole? Votes: 0

I think that's part of the whole denial and suicidal mechanism [ of the human's race] right "Oh my God, the house is on fire." You sleep through the smoke. Votes: 0

It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things. Votes: 0

Right and wrong becomes more difficult for each of us as we grow older, because the older we get the more we know personally about our own human frailties. Votes: 0

Rampant technolgy eliminates luxury, but not by declaring privilege a human right; rather, it does so by both raising the general standard of living and cutting off the possibility of fulfilment. Votes: 0

Now we are immersed in deep democratic revolutions, for the recovery of our resources, and to transform a resource into a basic human right. And that is spread around the world. Votes: 0

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . . Votes: 0

We have raised an issue that is already in the Bolivian constitution, that water is a universal human right. And we asked the United Nations to recognize water as a human right. Votes: 0

In a political context of the utmost significance, ["freedom from fear"] recognizes a human right which, in a broad sense, may be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. Votes: 0

Credit is a human right that should be treated as a human right. If credit can be accepted as a human right, then all other human rights will be easier to establish. Votes: 0

Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and likeness of a Maker. Votes: 0

I believe the printed word is more than sacred Beyond the gauge of good or bad The human right to let your soul fly free and naked Above the violence of the fearful and sad Votes: 0

There is only one basic human right: the right to do as you please, without causing others harm. With it comes our only basic human duty: the duty to accept the consequences of our actions. Votes: 0

Returning from work feeling inspired, safe, fulfilled and grateful is a natural human right to which we are all entitled and not a modern luxury that only a few lucky ones are able to find. Votes: 0

Every social trait labelled masculine or feminine is in truth a human trait. It is our human right to develop and contribute our talents whatever our race, sex, religion, ancestry, age. Human rights are indivisible! Votes: 0