Today, December 10, is international human rights day. Let the people remember that under Universal Declaration of Human Rights "everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. "
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. - Abraham Lincoln
Fear is not the natural state of civilized man. "Please use your freedom to promote ours
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Aung San Suu Kyi
"Nations will rise and fall, but equality remains the ideal. The universal aim is to achieve respect for the entire human race, not just for the dominant few."
- Carlos P. Romulo
- Carlos P. Romulo
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.-- Mother Teresa
We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty. - José Ramos-Horta
"You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea."
-- Benazir Bhutto
-- Benazir Bhutto
Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free."-- 14th Dalai Lama
I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. - Bishop Desmond Tutu
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