“Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.” HumansCountryRecordsRightsDemocraticKillingHuman RightsInstanceRepublicPersecutionCongoSri LankaGuatemalaDemocratic Republic Author:David Suzuki
“What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous.” HumansRecordsRightsHappenedPrisonHuman RightsIraqConventionsViolationMonstrousGenevaAbu GhraibGeneva ConventionViolation Of Human Rights Author:Carlos Fuentes
“Judge Roberts' civil rights record and views remained the most controversial and unexplained part of his record when the Judiciary Committee hearing concluded, just as his civil rights record and views had been the most controversial part of his record when the hearing began.” ViewsRecordsRightsJudgingCivilizationHearingCivil RightsCommitteesControversialJudiciaryUnexplained Author:Mel Watt
“The Holocaust has proven to be an indispensable ideological weapon. Through its deployment, one of the world's most formidable military powers, with a horrendous human rights record, has cast itself as a "victim" state, and the most successful ethnic group in the US has likewise acquired victim status.” WorldHumansStatesSuccessfulRecordsRightsGroupsMilitaryWeaponsVictimHuman RightsCastsHolocaustProvenIndispensableIdeologicalFormidableDeploymentMilitary PowerEthnic Groups Author:Norman Finkelstein
“See the Congress' track record. It has taken the nation backwards. They keep talking about Rights. The Nation is tired of your Acts, the Nation needs action.” NeedsActionPoliticsNationsTalkingTakenRecordsRightsIndiaTiredCongressTrackBackwardsTrack RecordKeep Talking Author:Narendra Modi
“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.” HumansWholeHandsPoliticsPowerRecordsRightsWrittenMankindHuman NatureSacredDivinityVolumeSunbeams Author:Alexander Hamilton
“I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over! John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence, and I'm proud of standing for the Bill of Rights, and I will continue to stand for the Bill of Rights.” WantSaidWarRecordsRightsRevolutionProudStandingIndependenceBillsTerroristInnocentSparksAmendmentsFourthBill Of RightsFourth Amendment Author:Rand Paul
“There are genuine concerns about the status of children to be sent to Malaysia and also there are genuine concerns about the human rights record in Malaysia.” HumansChildrenRecordsRightsConcernHuman RightsGenuineMalaysiaGenuine Concern Author:Julie Bishop
“[Fidel Castro] has a very good [human rights] record.” HumansRecordsRightsVery GoodHuman RightsCastro Author:Oliver Stone
“We need to learn from history. These same leaders - [Barack] Obama, [Hillary] Clinton, and far too many Republicans - want to topple [Bashar] Assad. Assad is a bad man. Gadhafi was a bad man. Mubarak had a terrible human rights record. But they were assisting us - at least [Muammar] Gadhafi and [Hosni] Mubarak - in fighting radical Islamic terrorists.” MenWantNeedsHumansFightingLeaderRecordsRightsTerribleRepublicanClintonHuman RightsTerroristRadicalBarackIslamicBad ManAssadAssistingMubarak Author:Ted Cruz
“In the very first debate I was asked am I a moderate or a progressive and I said I'm a progressive who likes to get things done. Cherry picking a quote here or there doesn't change my record of having fought for racial justice, having fought for kids rights, having fought the kind of inequities that fueled my interest in service in the first place going back to my days in the Children's Defense Fund.” FirstsKindChildrenSaidDoneKidsInterestJusticeRecordsRightsDefenseDebateLikesFundProgressiveModeratesThings DoneCherriesRacial Justice Author:Hillary Clinton