“Still - and for all Obama's heavy hinting to the contrary - Islam has no "human rights." The ideas of individual rights and the dignity of man are distinctly Western, an outgrowth of the Enlightenment. And while dialogue is dignified; dhimmitude is not, even if it achieves a desired, if temporary, effect.” IfsMenHumansStillsIdeasIndividualRightsAchieveEffectsEnlightenmentDignityIslamWesternHuman RightsHeavyContraryDialogueTemporaryIndividual Rights Author:Ilana Mercer
“We hear a constant clamor for rights, rights, always rights, but so very little about responsibility. And we have forgotten God. The need now is for selflessness, for a spirit of sacrifice, for a willingness to put aside personal gains for the salvation of the whole Western world.” WorldNeedsLittlesWholeWisdomSpiritPoliticsResponsibilityEconomyRightsSacrificeGainsSalvationConstantWesternForgottenLiberalismWillingnessSelflessnessWestern WorldClamorPersonal Gain Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“In the West we are free to think what we want, to read what we want, to practice our religion, to live as we choose. Liberty is codified in human rights, a magnificent Western creation but also, I believe, a universal good.” ThinkingWantBelieveHumansI BelieveLibertyPracticeRightsCreationUniversalWestWesternHuman RightsMagnificent Book:Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy Source: Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy
“It is the West that has liberated women, racial minorities, religious minorities, and gays and lesbians, recognizing and defending their rights. The notions of freedom and human rights were present at the dawn of Western civilization, as ideals at least, but have gradually come to fruition through supreme acts of self-criticism.” HumansSelfReligiousRightsCivilizationGayIdealsCriticismWestWesternNotionHuman RightsSupremeDawnMinoritiesRecognizingLiberatedWestern CivilizationFruitionSelf CriticismLiberated Woman Author:Ibn Warraq
“Where it is the majority religion, Islam does not recognize religious freedom, at least not as we understand it. Islam is a different culture. This doesn't mean that it's an inferior culture, but it is a culture that has yet to connect with the positive sides of our modern Western culture: religious freedom, human rights and equal rights for women.” HumansMeanDoeDifferentCultureSidesReligiousRightsModernEqualMajorityIslamWesternHuman RightsInferiorsEqual RightsReligious FreedomDifferent CulturesWestern Culture Author:Walter Kasper
“The story of the Western world since 1945 is that, invited to choose between freedom and government 'security,' large numbers of people vote to dump freedom every time - the freedom to make your own decisions about health care, education, property rights, and a ton of other stuff.” PeopleWorldStoriesGovernmentCareStuffDecisionNumbersRightsSecurityVotePropertyWesternHealth CareInvitedLarge NumbersProperty RightsDumpWestern World Author:Mark Steyn
“The days of looking the other way while despotic regimes trample human rights, rob their nations' wealth, and then excuse their failings by feeding their people a steady diet of anti-Western hatred are over.” PeopleWayHumansNationsWealthRightsFailingHatredWesternHuman RightsExcuseDietsSteadyRegimesFeeding Author:Dick Cheney
“Even into the 20th century, women were still struggling in the Western world for rights that Islam had granted women in the 7th century: equal rights to education; the right to own and inherit property; to have a voice in the decisions affecting their lives; to be active, engaged, and valued members of society at all levels.” WorldStillsVoiceDecisionLevelsStruggleRightsCenturyEqualMembersPropertyIslamWesternActiveGrantedEngaged20th CenturyEqual RightsWestern World Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“I was against impunity when it comes to human rights violations. But many of us African leaders now want to leave the Rome Statute as soon as possible because of this Western arrogance.” WantHumansLeaderRightsWesternHuman RightsArroganceRomeViolationImpunityStatutes Author:Yoweri Museveni
“Human rights are not the preserve of Western activists: The definition must extend to encompass the right to the dignified life; the right to send your kids to school, for that child to get health care, for access for greater prosperity for generations to come and to have a say in the destiny of your community and country. Under that definition, Rwanda has nothing to learn from advocacy groups who think they own the copyright on what constitutes human rights under all conditions in every corner of the world.” ThinkingWorldHumansChildrenCountryCareKidsSchoolCommunityDestinyGreaterRightsGenerationsGroupsConditionsWesternHuman RightsDefinitionsProsperityCornersAccessHealth CarePreservesActivistCopyrightAdvocacyRwandaCorners Of The World Author:Paul Kagame