“The Soviet Union, true to the Leninist principles of respect for the rights and national independence of all peoples great or small, has always been and is guided in its relations with other countries by the principles of mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, non-aggression, non-intervention in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefits, peaceful coexistence and economic cooperation.” CountryPrinciplesRightsEconomicIntegrityBenefitsRelationIndependenceUnionsAffairPeacefulInternalsMutualCooperationSovietAggressionOther CountriesSovereigntySoviet UnionInterventionCoexistenceMutual RespectTerritorialPeaceful CoexistenceInternal AffairsMutual BenefitEconomic Cooperation Author:Kliment Voroshilov
“The respect for human rights is one of the most significant advantages of a free and democratic nation in the peaceful struggle for influence, and we should use this good weapon as effectively as possible.” ShouldHumansUseNationsFreedomStruggleDemocracyRightsInfluenceWeaponsAdvantageDemocraticHuman RightsSignificantPeaceful Book:Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President Source: Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President
“When people are oppressed, and human rights are denied - particularly along sectarian lines or ethnic lines - when dissent is silenced, it feeds violent extremism, it creates an environment that is ripe for terrorists to exploit. When peaceful, democratic change is impossible, it feeds into the terrorist propaganda that violence is the only answer available.” PeopleHumansChangeLinesAnswersEnvironmentRightsViolenceImpossibleDemocraticHuman RightsAvailableTerroristViolentPeacefulPropagandaDeniedOppressedExploitsDissentExtremismRipe Author:Barack Obama
“To have a free, peaceful and prosperous world we must be ever stronger particularly in the spiritual things....It is American belief in decency and justice and progress and the value of individual liberty because of the rights conferred on each of us by our Creator that willcarry us through.... There must be something in the heart as well as the head.” WorldWellsHeartSpiritualValuesIndividualBeliefJusticeLibertyRightsProgressStrongerCreatorPeacefulDecencyProsperousIndividual Liberty Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“The road toward equality of freedom is not easy, and great cost and danger march alongside us. We are committed to peaceful and nonviolent change, and that is important for all to understand - though all change is unsettling. Still, even in the turbulence of protest and struggle is greater hope for the future, as men learn to claim and achieve for themselves the rights formerly petitioned from others.” MenStillsImportantEasyStruggleGreaterRightsAchieveDangerCostClaimsCommittedPeacefulProtestMarchHope For The FutureTurbulence Book:RFK: collected speeches Source: RFK: collected speeches
“Because our right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to Christians in Charleston, South Carolina, and that was denied Jews in Kansas City, and that was denied Muslims in Chapel Hill, and Sikhs in Oak Creek. They had rights too. Our right to peaceful assembly, that right was robbed from movie goers in Aurora and Lafayette.” ChristianCitiesRightsWorshipSouthJewPeacefulHillsDeniedAssemblyOaksCarolinaKansasSouth CarolinaChapelCreeksKansas CityAuroraCharlestonLafayetteChapel HillCharleston South Carolina Author:Barack Obama