Human Rights Quotes
“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
― United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”
– Nelson Mandela
We declare that human rights are for all of us, all the time: whoever we are and wherever we are from; no matter our class, our opinions, our sexual orientation.”
– Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Our hopes for a more just, safe, and peaceful world can only be achieved when there is universal respect for the inherent dignity and equal rights of all members of the human family.”
– UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere
—Theodore Roosevelt
“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.”
– John F. Kennedy
“Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.”
– Bjorn Ulvaeus
“Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.”
- Pope Francis
“Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.”
–Dalai Lama
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight
—Bob Marley
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Srini