“The male establishment power structure has not really changed its attitude towards women. They did not give these rights to women out of kindness. These rights were fought for by many highly evolved women who cared about the lives of their daughters and granddaughters.” GivingWomenAttitudeKindnessRightsChangedEnlightenmentDaughterStructureMalesEstablishmentGranddaughterDaughter And Granddaughter Author:Frederick Lenz
“Old ideas die hard. We've had thousands of years of women having almost no rights. Parts of the world are in a struggle toward very basic human rights for women, and most of the world isn't even there yet. And it's going to take a long time to change these attitudes.” WorldYearsHumansLongIdeasHardDiesAttitudeStruggleRightsLong TimeHuman RightsOld IdeasBasic Human Rights Author:Kathe Kollwitz
“While on the level of civil rights many things have changed decisively for the better, on the level of attitudes and mentality there's still a long way to go. On the other hand it's obvious that it's much easier to change a law than to change a way of thinking.” ThinkingWayLongStillsHandsLawLevelsAttitudeRightsChangedGoes OnEasierObviousCivil RightsMentalityLong WayWay Of ThinkingThings Have ChangedLong Way To Go Author:Dacia Maraini
“Many people who are forced into emigration suffer and often die tragically; many of their rights are violated, they are obliged to separate from their families and, unfortunately, continue to be subjected to racist attitudes and xenophobia.” PeopleSufferingDiesAttitudeRightsRacistObligedXenophobiaEmigration Author:Pope Francis
“People are annoyed with the Chinese for not respecting more human rights. But with a population that size it's very difficult to have the same attitude to human rights.” PeopleHumansDifficultAttitudeRightsHuman RightsSizePopulationChineseAnnoyed Author:Peter Ustinov
“On human rights, civil rights and environmental quality, I consider myself to be very liberal. On the management of government, on openness of government, on strengthening individual liberties and local levels of government, I consider myself a conservative. And I don't see that the two attitudes are incompatible.” HumansTwoGovernmentIndividualLevelsAttitudeQualityLibertyRightsManagementEnvironmentalHuman RightsConservativeLocalsCivil RightsOpennessStrengtheningIndividual LibertyEnvironmental Quality Book:Conversations with Carter Source: Conversations with Carter
“Toward all other nations, large and small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sincere friendship. We must show not only in our words, but in our deeds, that we are earnestly desirous of securing their good will by acting toward them in a spirit of just and generous recognition of all their rights.” ShowsSpiritNationsActingAttitudeRightsDeedsRecognitionGenerousSincereGood WillOur Words Book:In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena Source: In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena
“[White men] has the audacity to call himself even the "Leader of the Free World" while he has a country that can't even give the basic human rights to over twenty-two million of its citizens. This is aud-, this is, this takes audacity; this takes nerve. So it is this attitude today that's causing the Americans to be condemned.” MenWorldGivingHumansTwoCountryTodayWhiteAttitudeLeaderMillionsRightsCitizensTwentiesHuman RightsNervesWhite ManAudacityFree WorldTwenty TwoBasic Human Rights Author:Malcolm X
“Unless this [Barack Obama] American administration is willing to diverge from the conventional American policy in the Middle East by changing its basic attitudes on crucial questions, foremost of them Palestine, and support genuinely the rights of people for independence, sovereignty and identity across the board, the only "resolve" one would hope from the USA is to stay out of the Middle East for a while.” PeopleAttitudeSupportRightsMiddlePolicyIdentityWillingIndependenceEastAdministrationBarackBoardsUsaResolveCrucialMiddle EastConventionalSovereigntyPalestine Author:Ilan Pappe