Edward Snowden Quotes

Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.

There are times … when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.

I guess what I'd like to say is that people in Sierra Leone are human beings, just like Americans. They want to send their kids to school; they want to live in peace; they want to have their basic rights of life just like everyone else. I think we all owe an obligation to support people who want to do that.

The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.

Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.

Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.

Together, we can build the kind of world in which we all seek to live, one of universal equality and justice.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

Let's resolve to never be a bystander in the fight for human dignity

I do believe in humanism, and I believe that we should treat each other with respect and care and look after each other. All human beings should have an equal chance to survive in society, and inequality is a big problem in society.

Cooperation and respect for each other will advance the cause of human rights worldwide. Confrontation, vilification, and double standards will not.

We want the world our children inherit to be defined by the values enshrined in the U.N. Charter: peace, justice, respect, human rights, tolerance, and solidarity.

My father was a humanitarian, but he didn't side one way or another with any certain right's groups. He just believed in people.

I'm actually a huge fan of changing every single 'anti-Trump' sentiment to 'pro-human rights' because they are synonymous.

Fighting for human rights, a commitment to social justice and treating people with dignity are all things that are important to us as Canadians.

I think a big part of my faith teachings is to work together towards equality: that we're all created equal, and under the eyes of God, we all have a right to freedom and to access our rights equally.

Aren't we all human? Don't we all deserve to be respected and treated equally?

People - whatever their race, religion, sexual preference - deserve to be treated as human beings.

You spend so much time barking up the civil-rights tree, you don't even know there's a human-rights tree on the same floor.

The poorest being that crawls on earth, contending to save itself from injustice and oppression, is an object respectable in the eyes of God and man.

I am passionate about human rights.

We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.