Human Rights Quotes

"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" "I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century" "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." "For the dead and the living, we must bear witness" "But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal—there is one human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller, the stupid man the equal of an Einstein, and the ignorant man the equal of any college president. That institution, gentlemen, is a court" "Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes" "No human being is illegal." "I speak not for myself but for those without a voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated." "You know all men and women are created equal. End of quote. We’ve never lived up to it. Jefferson never lived up to it, he held slaves. Women were excluded" "If we are not free, no one will respect us." "Connectivity is a human right." "Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all." "It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. " "The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples." "Our fight must be grounded in the belief that equal justice under law is a right not an option or a privilege" "Every person should be treated with dignity and respect" "There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile for us to continue talking peace and non-violence against a government whose reply is only savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people" "A right delayed is a right denied." "Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible"