“Its up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including Egypt.” WorldHumansGovernmentRightsIncludingHuman RightsDenialEgyptBasic Human Rights Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“I'm not a feminist,' some women say sternly as they march off to work where equal opportunity legislation protects them ... Women who say they are not feminists and act like individuals with basic human rights have just got their terminology wrong.” HumansOpportunityIndividualRightsFeminismProtectEqualHuman RightsFeministMarchLegislationEqual OpportunityTerminologyBasic Human Rights Author:Kaz Cooke
“It might be depressing, but it's also the truth that no one has the power, the money, or the resources to save everyone on the planet from going hungry, living in poverty or allowed basic human rights. But consider the other side of this: there are people in this world who truly WOULD do all of these things for everyone if only they could. There is hope after all.” PeopleIfsWorldHumansMightSidesPovertyRightsThis WorldPlanetsResourcesHuman RightsHungryDepressingThere Is HopeBasic Human Rights Author:Ashly Lorenzana
“Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day.” HumansOrderExistenceRightsHuman RightsDenyBasic Human Rights Author:Aung San
“Those of us who decided to work for democracy in Burma made our choice in the conviction that the danger of standing up for basic human rights in a repressive society was preferable to the safety of a quiescent life in servitude” HumansMadeChoicesDemocracyRightsDangerStandingDecidedSafetyHuman RightsConvictionServitudeOur ChoicesBurmaBasic Human Rights Author:Aung San
“Tanzania is standing by the people of Zimbabwe including President Mugabe... Mugabe is there, he is president, he has been elected. If Tanzania had simply said, stupid, you're hopeless, a murderer, a violator of basic human rights; does that remove Mugabe from office? It doesn't.” PeopleIfsHumansDoeHas BeensSaidPresidentRightsStupidOfficeStandingIncludingHuman RightsRemoveHopelessMurdererZimbabweTanzaniaBasic Human RightsSimply SaidMugabe Author:Jakaya Kikwete
“The basic human rights documents-the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man-were written by political, not by religious, leaders.” MenHumansPoliticalEvilReligiousLeaderRightsWrittenIndependenceHuman RightsDocumentsDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceReligious LeadersBasic Human Rights Author:Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
“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
“I come out of the environment of the Deep South, where I had seen the millstone of racial discrimination weighting down my people, both the black people and the white people; and I had seen the enormous progress that we were able to make after we removed the legal restraints of a two-class society, with the whites superior and blacks inferior. So I was very convinced before I became President that basic human rights, equality of opportunity, the end of abuse by governments of their people, was a basic principle on which the United States should be an acknowledged champion.” PeopleShouldHumansTwoEndsStatesGovernmentAbleOpportunityBlackPresidentWhiteUnitedClassPrinciplesUnited StatesEnvironmentRightsProgressAbuseSouthHuman RightsConvincedEnormousDiscriminationSuperiorsChampionBlack PeopleInferiorsRestraintBasic PrinciplesRacial DiscriminationEquality Of OpportunityBasic Human Rights Author:Jimmy Carter
“The challenging of repression by a new generation of activists - from Malala Yousafzai to Pussy Riot - across the globe reminded us how many women are still fighting for basic human rights. Our great-grandmothers' struggle in all its shocking detail seemed so relevant.” HumansStillsFightingChallengesStruggleRightsGenerationsHuman RightsDetailsGrandmotherActivistRelevantGlobesShockingRepressionRiotNew GenerationPussyGreat GrandmotherBasic Human RightsMalala Author:Sarah Gavron
“In a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. Never let fear prevent you from doing right.” HumansRealOrderExistenceRightsPrisonHuman RightsDenyDoing RightReal FreedomBasic Human Rights Author:Aung San Suu Kyi