There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people.

Human rights are not a privilege granted by the few, they are a liberty entitled to all, and human rights, by definition, include the rights of all humans, those in the dawn of life, the dusk of life,...

It's better to be a dictator than gay.

People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment.

Immigration is a system and a set of policies. And immigrants are the people behind those policies and behind that system, and the human stories.

The working conditions of Indian labourers in the Gulf countries are notoriously abusive.

We believe in the dignity of man as an individual, whatever his race, colour or creed, and his right to better, fuller, and richer life.

We've supported the development of Cuba's private sector. This is a human rights issue - people should have the right to live with dignity and to control their livelihoods.

I think it is very unfortunate that there is a ban on adoptions in Russia.

Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.

The job of the press is to speak truth to power. And yet, for doing our job, we are persecuted. I say that these aggressive and illegal tactics to silence us - inventing arbitrary legal...

Israel has a right to defend itself.

Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and...

Perish the infamous doctrine that man can have property in man. Let us resent with indignation every effort to put a chain upon our minds.

I don't think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews.

The liberals and free people of the world will not like to see the Palestinian people living under siege. We have received indications from the international community that they will not stop their...

The world's oldest Christian populations have been driven from their homes and have become nearly extinct in the Middle East.

All human beings deserve equal treatment, no matter their gender identity or sexuality.

I believe that our communities can benefit if they know about and participate in the U.N.'s various human rights forums.

The Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the constitutions of the several states, and the organic laws of the territories all alike propose to protect the people in the...

Food is such a basic need, a fundamental right, and such a simple pleasure.

We believe it is comprehensive international sanctions against the white regime that will save us from the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of South Africans, black and white.

We boast about Pakistan. We say Pakistan is this and that. But when you go out of the country and the way we are checked, I can't tell you. I feel so humiliated the way I am frisked.

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.

Racism is real in this country.

At Cheney's initiative, the United States stripped terror suspects of long - established rights under domestic and international law, building a new legal edifice under exclusive White House...

Similarly, gender equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization.

Citizens victimized by genocide or abandoned by the international community do not make good neighbors, as their thirst for vengeance, their irredentism and their acceptance of violence as a means of...

The Commonwealth is a vital and positive partnership between countries striving to develop trade relations and promote democracy and human rights, united by shared values.

But today, government is taking those rights from us, pretending that it gives us our rights. Indeed, those rights come from God, and it was recognized throughout our history as such.