“I feel it is our inherent duty as a humane society, above any intangible responsibility, to invest in our world's children's potential, passion and confidence.” WorldFeelsChildrenWisdomPassionNatureCommunityLeadershipEducationResponsibilityFamilyHistoryGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyHealthDutyEthicsStrategyHuman RightsIndividualityIdeologyOur WorldInherentHumaneCivilityIntangibleHumane Society Author:Masiela Lusha
“Odd how often blood is shed to obtain freedom from those in power. Oppressors must be the most insecure people in the world.” PeopleWorldWisdomRealityPoliticsCommunityLeadershipJusticeHistoryViolenceGenerationsBloodHuman NatureSpringHuman RightsIdeologyOddShedInsecureOppressorsArab SpringInsecure People Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“In an interview, former vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan said he does not have a racist bone in his body. However, he admitted he has three sexist bones and his spine is homophobic.” DoeSaidBodyThreePoliticsComedyHuman NatureEqualEthicsHuman RightsVicesBonesIdeologyFormerPresidentialCandidatesInterviewsRacistEqual RightsCivilitySpineSexistPresidential CandidatePartisanshipHomophobic Author:Conan O'Brien
“The mayor of Sochi is now saying that there are no gay people in Sochi. So the only thing that is flaming over there now is the Olympic torch.” PeoplePoliticsCommunityLeadershipClassComedyHuman NatureGayEqualEthicsHuman RightsIndividualityIdeologyEqual RightsMayorsTorchesGay PeoplePartisanshipSochi Author:David Letterman
“But the question is, do we care enough? Do we care enough to keep standing up for the country that we know is possible, even if it's hard, and even if it's politically uncomfortable? Do we care enough to sustain the passion and the pressure to make our communities safer and our country safer? Do we care enough to do everything we can to spare other families the pain that is felt here today?” IfsKnowsCountryHardEnoughRealityCareTodayPainPassionPoliticsFeltCommunityLeadershipJusticeDemocracyViolenceHuman NaturePolicyEthicsStandingPressureHuman RightsOur CountryIdeologyUncomfortableSparesCivilityDisobedienceOur CommunityCivil Disobedience Author:Barack Obama
“[Fighting Climate Change] is important for every single person on the planet, which is why it has to be the greatest grassroots movement of all time. This is the battle of our lives. We're fighting for our children.” ChildrenPersonsImportantWisdomRealityPoliticalFightingPoliticsNatureCommunityLeadershipPartyFamilyHistoryOur LivesGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyMovementPlanetsBattleOur ChildrenStrategyUnityClimateClimate ChangeHuman RightsAll TimeIdeologyPolitical PartiesCivilitySingle PersonGrassrootsGrassroots Movements Author:Emma Thompson
“I'm so sick and tired of all this violence, this gun violence. And how could I speak on it - you know - being one who has advocated violence and gun violence? The only way I could do it was through a song that spoke from the heart.” KnowsWayHeartWisdomRealitySongPoliticsSpeakCommunityLeadershipJusticeHistoryViolenceGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEthicsGunSickStrategyTiredUnityHuman RightsIndividualitySocial MediaIdeologySpokesFree SpeechCivilityDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceGun ViolenceSo Sick Author:Snoop Dogg
“If you ask a Saudi Imam why women in Saudi Arabia can't drive, he'll say, 'Because Islam demands it.' But that's absurd, because - first of all - Islam demands no such thing; and secondly, the only country in the world in which women can't drive is Saudi Arabia. The inability to understand the difference between a cultural practice and religious belief is shocking among self-described intellectuals.” IfsWorldFirstsSelfCountryWisdomRealityReligionAsksBeliefCommunityLeadershipDifferencesReligiousJusticeClassPracticeGenerationsHuman NatureDemandEqualEthicsIslamHuman RightsAbsurdIdeologyShockingInabilityEqual RightsArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisReligious Belief Author:Reza Aslan
“America is just so weird in what they think is right and wrong. Like, I was watching 'Breaking Bad' the other day, and they were cooking meth. I could literally cook meth because of that show. It's a how-to. And then they bleeped out the word 'f__k'. And I'm like, really? They killed a guy, and disintegrated his body in acid, but you're not allowed to say 'f__k'? It's like when they bleeped 'molly' at the VMAs. Look what I'm doing up here right now, and you're going to bleep out 'molly'?” ThinkingLooksShowsWisdomBodyRealityAmericaGuyPoliticsCommunityLeadershipJusticeDemocracyComedyGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyRight NowEthicsCookingStrategyHuman RightsIndividualitySocial MediaIdeologyCooksFree SpeechCivilityAcidPartisanship Author:Miley Cyrus
“Speak out, educate, do not be intimidated by the apologists, and do not let extreme racism be mainstreamed. Hopefully there will come a time when we don't need to tell our kids that Halloween is no excuse for hate, and that blackface has no place in a civilized society.” NeedsKidsHateSpeakCommunityLeadershipJusticeHuman NatureEqualRacismEthicsHuman RightsExcuseExtremesIdeologyHopefullyCivilizedEducateHalloweenEqual RightsCivilityIntimidatedNo ExcusesSpeaks OutCivilized SocietyBlackface Author:Christine Pelosi
“I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he fled, [because] that is what he faced.” ThinkingRealityPoliticsLeadershipJusticePartyTechnologyDemocracyHuman NaturePolicyEthicsDeserveStrategyPrisonHuman RightsIndividualitySocial MediaIdeologyTeaFree SpeechPenaltiesDeath PenaltyDisobedienceTea PartyInappropriateCivil DisobedienceThird PartiesSnowden Author:Rand Paul
“Power tends to corrupt. But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it. It can do anything-it can stop the Vietnam War. It can make its will felt, if it can ever get its act together to do anything.” IfsWantWarUseRealityTogetherPoliticsFeltCan DoLeadershipJusticeHistoryDemocracyGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEthicsStrategyUnityCongressHuman RightsIdeologyVietnamForeign PolicyVietnam War Author:Antonin Scalia
“We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands.” HumansWisdomHandsHuman BeingsHistoryHuman NatureImportanceHuman RightsTerrorismIdeologyFree Speech Author:Malala Yousafzai
“Adults who enter into public life implicitly consent to having less privacy, but their families - especially their children - should not be treated callously or thoughtlessly.” ShouldChildrenWisdomPoliticsLeadershipJusticeFamilyClassGenerationsHuman NaturePolicyEthicsAdultsHuman RightsSocial MediaTreatedIdeologyPrivacyFree SpeechConsentCivilityPublic Life Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“I think I'm speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn't even be something that people find mildly surprising. It's just a part of being a girl in 2013.” PeopleThinkingIdeasRealityGirlCommunityNaturalJusticeClassGenerationsFeminismHuman NatureEqualEthicsHuman RightsBunchIdeologySurprisingEqual RightsCivilityBeing A Girl Author:Lorde
“Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.” HumansTruthMotherFreedomRightsHuman NatureExpressionSourceSpeechRootsHuman RightsInsultFree SpeechFreedom Of SpeechInsultingBasicsSuppressionCore ValuesStiflingFree Expression Author:Liu Xiaobo
“By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we can never reach the higher levels until all our fellows ascend with us.” TwoLevelsRightsWonderfulHuman NatureDivineHigherFellowsSlaverySlaveHuman RightsParadoxHigher LevelReciprocity Book:The Man with the Hoe; with Notes by the Author Source: The Man with the Hoe; with Notes by the Author
“The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property out of others.” HumansMeanHuman BeingsRightsHuman NaturePropertyHuman RightsDoctrineSuperiorsProperty Rights Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“No matter what part of the world we come from, we are all basically the same human beings. We all seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. We have the same basic human needs and concerns. All of us human beings want freedom and the right to determine our own destiny as individuals and as peoples. That is human nature.” WorldWantNeedsTryingHumansMatterSufferingIndividualHuman BeingsDestinyHuman NatureConcernNo Matter WhatHuman RightsDetermineHuman NeedsBasic Human Needs Author:Dalai Lama
“Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds.” IfsMindHumansRightsHuman NatureHuman RightsGenerousSentimentsSentimentalInfancyInfancy Is Author:George Mason