“We will either defend the rights of people and the earth, and for that we have to dismantle the rights that corporations have assigned to themselves, or corporations will in the next three decades destroy this planet, in terms of human possibilities.” PeopleHumansEarthThreeNextTermRightsPossibilityPlanetsDecadesCorporations Author:Vandana Shiva
“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
“The giant industries that are polluting our planet as well as violating human rights worldwide are the ones nearest and dearest to the hearts of American politicians.” HumansWellsHeartRightsPlanetsIndustryPoliticianHuman RightsGiantsOur Planet Author:Woody Harrelson
“It is up to us to take care of this planet, it is our only home. To betray nature is to betray us. To save nature is to save us. Because whatever you're fighting for, racism or poverty. Feminism, gay rights or any type of equality. It won't matter in the least. Because if we don't all work together to save the environment, we will be equally extinct.” IfsHeartSoulMatterHomeCareTogetherFightingRealizingPovertyEnvironmentRightsFeminismPlanetsTypeGayRacismClimateWarmTake CareWorking TogetherBetrayGay RightsSave The EnvironmentSave Nature Author:Prince Ea
“I think there's a little more attention to human needs than to property rights. But I don't think much of political activism. It's so shortsighted. Most people are interested in their own personal comfort. I've said that about environmentalists. I think they care about bike paths and places to park their Volvos, not the planet as an abstraction.” PeopleThinkingNeedsHumansLittlesSaidCarePoliticalAttentionPathRightsPlanetsComfortPropertyActivismParksBikeAbstractionProperty RightsEnvironmentalistHuman NeedsPolitical ActivismVolvo Author:George Carlin
“Most people think that animals are third-class citizens. Very few people really see animals as "the others" with whom we inhabit this planet. They have equal rights with us.” PeopleThinkingAnimalClassRightsPlanetsCitizensEqualThirdsEqual Rights Author:Sigourney Weaver
“That term, 'human rights', makes me ill.Human rights are only for 'humans', therefore for the West. And for the rest of the Planet: there, the 'human rights' are used to discredit uncomfortable, even 'hostile' governments through countless implants like NGOs.” HumansGovernmentUsedTermRightsPlanetsWestHuman RightsIllUncomfortableHostileDiscreditImplants Author:Andre Vltchek