Quotes about Human rights

Does a person have a right to change his or her own religion? This is a fundamental human right, just like a right to freedom of speech.

All political activity must serve and promote the good of the human person and be based on respect for his or her dignity.

When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual freedom, human rights, national self-determination, and respect for the rule of law.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .

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.

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

The death penalty confronts us with a penetrating moral question: Can even the monstrous crimes of those who are condemned to death and are truly guilty of such crimes erase their sacred dignity as human beings and their intrinsic right to life?

We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.

the poor man, whom the law does not allow to take an ear of corn when starving, nor a pair of shoes for his freezing feet, is allowed to put his hand into the pocket of the rich, and say, You shall educate me, not as you will, but as I will...

If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict cannot be resolved until the human rights of the other are recognized and guaranteed.