Quotes about Human rights

If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature.

No human being is illegal.

Of Equality--as if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself--as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same.

The only basis for genuine human rights and dignity is a fully biblical worldview.

Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

But my father also supported human rights, freedom and self-determination for all people, including Latino agricultural workers, Native Americans, and the millions of impoverished white men and women who were treated as second-class citizens.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign. ...You must weep that your own government, at present, seems blind to this truth.

There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.

Jesus doesn't just want songs. He wants justice for the people on planet Earth.

Every murder or other injury, no matter for what cause, committed or inflicted on another is a crime against humanity.

They talked about how it was our rights as human beings to register and vote. I never knew we could vote before. Nobody ever told us.