“The overriding need is "to develop a new Planetary Humanism" that will seek to preserve human rights and enhance human freedom and dignity and will emphasize our commitment "to humanity as a whole." The underlying ethical principle "is the need to respect the dignity and worth of all persons in the world community." Thinkers as diverse as Peter Singer and Hans Küng also emphasize the need for a new global ethic beyond nationalistic, racial, religious, and ethnic chauvinism.” WorldNeedsHumansPersonsWholeHumanityCommunityReligiousPrinciplesRightsAtheismEthicsCommitmentDignityHuman RightsHumanismPositive AtheismSingersPreservesEthicalThinkerPeterDiverseHuman FreedomChauvinismNationalisticEthical Principles Author:Paul Kurtz
“Our example - and commitment - to freedom has changed the world. But along with the genius of our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, and our Bill of Rights, is the equal genius of our economic system. Our Founding Fathers endeavored to create a moral and just society like no other in history, and out of that grew a moral and just economic system the likes of which the world had never seen. Our freedom, what it means to be an American, has been defined and sustained by the liberating power of the free enterprise system.” WorldMeanHas BeensFatherMoralRightsEconomicExampleChangedGrewGeniusEqualCommitmentConstitutionIndependenceBillsLikesDefinedEnterpriseDeclarationFoundingLiberatingOur Founding FathersDeclaration Of IndependenceBill Of RightsEconomic SystemsFree EnterpriseWhat It Means To Be An American Author:Mitt Romney
“We can give our intelligence and law enforcement community the powers they need to track down and take out terrorists without undermining our commitment to the rule of law, or our basic rights and liberties.” NeedsGivingLawCommunityLibertyRightsCommitmentDown AndTrackTerroristLaw EnforcementEnforcementRule Of LawNsaUnderminingBasic Rights Author:Barack Obama
“Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States' Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a 'general assumption' but a rule of law. States rights mean that states have a right to act or not to act, as they see fit, in areas reserved to them.” MeanTwoStatesTodayLawPartyPrinciplesRightsFitCommitmentAreasMeaningfulAssumptionAmendmentsRule Of LawReservedStates Rights Author:Barry Goldwater
“It iscrucial that we understand lesbian/feminism in the deepest, most radical sense: as that love for ourselves and other women, that commitment to the freedom of all of us, which transcends the category of "sexual preference" and the issue of civil rights, to become a politics of asking women's questions, demanding a world in which the integrity of all women--not a chosen few--shall be honored and validated in every respect of culture.” WorldCultureIssuesRightsFeminismIntegrityCommitmentAskingChosenCivil RightsRadicalCategoriesHonoredPreference Author:Adrienne Rich
“A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process.” HumansPlayActionProcessRolesRightsCommitmentHuman RightsCrucialLearning ProcessTransmission Author:Daisaku Ikeda
“The US is off the spectrum in religious commitment. It's been increasing since 1980 but it's a major part of the voting base of the Republican Party so that means committing to anti-abortion positions, opposing women's rights.” MeanReligiousPartyRightsPositionRepublicanMajorsCommitmentAbortionVotingWomens RightsRepublican PartySpectrumOpposingAnti Abortion Author:Noam Chomsky
“We need a broad commitment to human rights across the board. We cannot attain that simply by protecting one oppressed group or the other.” NeedsHumansRightsGroupsCommitmentHuman RightsBoardsBroadsOppressed Author:Jill Stein
“I have underscored my commitment to dialogue and cooperation with our neighboring Turkey, a country that plays an important role for the future of our region. But I still stress that the promotion of this important relations can only take place on the basis of mutual respect without threats of war and questioning of sovereign rights.” StillsImportantWarCountryPlayRolesRightsCommitmentBasesStressRelationThreatDialogueRegionsMutualCooperationQuestioningSovereignTurkeysPromotionMutual Respect Author:Alexis Tsipras
“Wherever people defend the rights of the individual, I stand with them above all, over and beyond any wishes relating to how an economy should be managed or how people should govern themselves. This is a very strong commitment on my part.” PeopleShouldIndividualStrongWishEconomyRightsCommitmentVery Strong Author:Murray Bookchin
“In general, I don't think that economic, social and cultural rights are primarily a matter of going to court. They are most useful today as commitments which can help ensure effective and equitable policy-making at every level.” ThinkingMatterHelpingTodaySocialLevelsRightsEconomicPolicyCommitmentCourtEquitablePolicy Making Author:Mary Robinson
“I agree with those who argue that it is possible to distil from the religions of the world their common values and relevance. As far as I'm concerned I am involved in a complementary process with people who have a moral or spiritual commitment to human rights.” PeopleWorldHumansSpiritualValuesProcessCommonMoralRightsInvolvedCommitmentConcernedAgreeHuman RightsArguingRelevanceComplementary Author:Mary Robinson
“Using human rights commitments more effectively, either as part of negotiations in the WTO or as part of the trade policy review process, poses issues of equality in a practical venue.” HumansProcessIssuesRightsPolicyCommitmentTradeHuman RightsPracticalsReviewsNegotiationVenues Author:Mary Robinson
“Often Americans have heard Donald Trump be very hard on China. But that's not how it's heard over there. In China, his message is being interpreted as the sound of an exhausted America, an America that is seeking to withdraw from its commitments to NATO, to holding up, for instance, human rights around the world.” WorldHumansHardAmericaSoundRightsHeardTrumpMessagesCommitmentHuman RightsSeekingChinaInstanceAround The WorldExhaustedNato Author:Evan Osnos
“Every government has signed up to a voluntary legal commitment under at least one of the international covenants and conventions based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But who is holding them to account? Our mission is to make it known that these conventions are good tools for civil society to hold their local authority, their government and businesses accountable.” HumansGovernmentKnownRightsAuthorityCommitmentToolsUniversalAccountsInternationalHuman RightsMissionsLocalsConventionsDeclarationCovenantCivil SocietyDeclaration Of Human RightsGovernment And Business Author:Mary Robinson
“There are a lot of people that form movements around particular commitments, like gay rights. It is important, but it does not link easily to, say, economic rights, and it often looks like it's opposed to them. The attempt to bring these together has yet to be done in a truly effective way, and I think it can be.” PeopleThinkingWayLooksDoeImportantDoneTogetherFormRightsEconomicMovementParticularGayCommitmentLinksGay Rights Author:Noam Chomsky
“It's kind of interesting and sick that the intellectual culture called the 1960s, "time of troubles," a dangerous period in which a lot of harm was done to the society. And the reason is because we were civilized and that's dangerous. That increased the commitment to democracy, to rights and so on, and this left people much less obedient.” PeopleKindReasonDoneCultureLeftInterestingDemocracyRightsTroubleDangerousPeriodsIntellectualCommitmentSickHarmCivilized1960sObedientTimes Of Trouble Author:Noam Chomsky
“We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.” PeopleInspirationalWellsTogetherAsksResponsibilityDestinyRightsDutyCommitmentIdealsDiedCharityBoundsDefensePatriotismFoundingOur DestinyUnworthyWithout LovePersonal LeadershipPatriotism And Freedom Author:Barack Obama
“If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you're not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don't know quite what you mean by commitment in your life.” IfsKnowsMeanCommunityRightsWillingEqualMouthsCommitmentThese DaysEqual Rights Author:Hal Sparks
“I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.” HumansStillsStatesAbleUsedPresidentUnitedQualityUnited StatesDemocracyRightsInfluenceCommitmentEnvironmentalHuman RightsMemorablePrestigeEnvironmental Quality Author:Jimmy Carter
“The true test of one's commitment to liberty and private property rights doesn't come when we permit people to be free to do those voluntary things with which we agree. The true test comes when we permit people to be free to do those voluntary things with which we disagree.” PeopleLibertyRightsEconomicCommitmentEconomicsTestsAgreePropertyPermitDisagreePrivate PropertyProperty Rights Book:More Liberty Means Less Government: Our Founders Knew This Well Source: More Liberty Means Less Government: Our Founders Knew This Well
“The protection of human rights to promote the dignity of the individual is too important a matter for symbolic gestures alone. It is only through the pursuit of practical and effective efforts to promote human rights that we show our real commitment to the welfare of individuals and society.” HumansImportantRealMatterShowsIndividualEffortRightsCommitmentDignityHuman RightsProtectionPursuitPracticalsWelfareGesturesSymbolicIndividuals And Society Author:Alexander Downer
“True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.” HumansJusticeRightsIdentityCommitmentUniversalGenderAttributesEthnicityUnwaveringTrue PeaceEthnic Identity Author:Desmond Tutu
“Rights don't come from human documents. The very idea is only worthy of contempt. Human documents are nothing but pieces of paper, they are nothing but words--until by will, and conscience, and courage, and commitment, human beings turn them into reality.” HumansIdeasRealityTurnsHuman BeingsPiecesRightsPaperConscienceCommitmentWorthyContemptDocuments Author:Alan Keyes
“In almost every case (where the United States has fought wars) our overwhelming commitment to freedom, democracy and human rights has required us to support those regimes that would deny freedom, democracy and human rights to their own people.” PeopleHumansWarStatesUnitedCasesUnited StatesSupportDemocracyRightsCommitmentHuman RightsDenyOverwhelmingRegimesDemocracy And Human Rights Author:Gore Vidal
“I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.” ThinkingShouldTryingHumansWellsCountryStatesMovingNationsUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyRightsInfluenceCommitmentWesternHuman RightsOther Countries Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“All Americans owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. King for his bravery and commitment to civil rights and nonviolence that changed this nation - and world - for the better.” WorldNationsRightsChangedKingsGratitudeCommitmentBraveryDebtCivil RightsNonviolenceDrsStewardshipDebt Of Gratitude Author:Eliot Engel