Hillary Clinton Quotes

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.

Human rights only have meaning if they are universal.

All beings want to live in peace and happiness, undisturbed. Therefore the concept of human rights is universal.

We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty.

The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them.

Every human being, including those who belong to the enemy, have rights.

Human rights cannot be conceived from a local perspective, The right to trial of the accused cannot have a meaning which is substantially different from another country.

Chinese people are no different from any other. Like all members of the human race, the Chinese are born with a body and a brain, with passions and a soul. Therefore, they can and must enjoy the same inalienable rights, dignity and liberty as other human beings ...

There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate.

It does not matter what country we live in, who our leaders are, or even who we are. Because we are human, we therefore have rights. And because we have rights, governments are bound to protect them.

We are all much more simply human than otherwise, be we happy and successful, contented and detached, miserable and mentally disordered, or whatever.

Contrary to what certain governments say, human rights are universal. Arbitrary detention, torture and discrimination hurt the human dignity of anybody, whatever his or her country of origin, religion, descent, or any other ground.

We need a broad commitment to human rights across the board. We cannot attain that simply by protecting one oppressed group or the other.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person...Withou t concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.

The notion of human right builds on our shared humanity. These rights are not derived from the citizenship of any country, or the membership of any nation, but are presumed to be claims or entitlements of every human being. They differ, therefore, from constitutionally created rights guaranteed for specific people.

Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly, to all people. This is why we cannot remain silent in the face of evil or violence; silence merely encourages them.

The idea of universal human rights may not seem as weird to some people as the idea of a personal God, but it is still a metaphysical idea that liberalism, at least as we know it, couldn't really survive without.

In the future, human rights will be increasingly a universal criterion for designing ethical systems.

So on this Human Rights Day, let us rededicate ourselves to the advancement of human rights and freedoms for all, and pledge always to live by the ideals we promote to the world.

All people deserve to be treated with dignity and have their human rights respected, no matter who they are or whom they love.

Human rights are inscribed in the hearts of people; they were there long before lawmakers drafted their first proclamation.

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.

We have enshrined in our founding documents and promoted the fundamental truth, all around the world, that the rights of all men, women and children ,not simply Americans come from God.‎

No practice or tradition trumps the human rights that belong to all of us.

The doctrine that 'human rights' are superior to 'property rights' simply means that some human beings have the right to make property out of others.