Clint Smith Quotes

I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated.

Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.

I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights.

He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.

I call for a march from exploitation to education, from poverty to shared prosperity, a march from slavery to liberty, and a march from violence to peace.

Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.

The little man is still a man.

Freedom demands conditions of an economic, social, political and cultural kind which makes possible its full exercise.

We seek not just freedom, but opportunity … not just equality as a right and a theory, but equality as a fact and as a result.

Everything hinges on education. Without it, you can't advocate for proper health care, for housing, for a civil rights bill that ensures your rights.

Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.

We have created a society where individual rights and freedoms, compassion and diversity are core to our citizenship. But underlying that idea of Canada is the promise that we all have a chance to build a better life for ourselves and our children.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

I believe education is the great equalizer.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

We ask to be recognized as men.

As an educator, I have always striven to see that the fruits of the American Dream are available to all.

… a social right

Stronger than all the armies is the idea whose time has come. The time has come for equality in sharing in government and education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here.

Up you mighty race. You can accomplish what you will! Build your future on these foundations: Freedom, Justice and Equality.

We are not fighting for integration, nor are we fighting for separation. We are fighting for recognition as human beings. We are fighting for human rights.