Rocco Buttiglione Quotes

By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being.

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

That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity.

Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights.

Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.

There must be right and wrong answers to questions of morality and values that potentially fall within the purview of science. On this view, some people and cultures will be right (to a greater or lesser degree), and some will be wrong, with respect to what they deem important in life.

The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights.

I learned that not everyone values life like we do in America, or the rights that are endowed to every human being by a loving God.

In today's restless world, America needs to identify with the quest for universal human dignity, a dignity that embodies both freedom and democracy but also implies respect for cultural diversity.

A defensible and durable civilization can only sustain itself legitimately and effectively if it recognizes the inherent dignity of every member of the human family

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

When you look at human rights, look at gender, and the rights of girls for education in the world - that are crucial issues - some are saying 'Oh, these are western values.' But these are really universal values.

Fundamental rights belong to the human being just because you are a human being.

Life is a perspective and for me, if a human being has access to school, clean water, food, proper health care, that is the basis of human rights.

For me, human rights simply endorse a view of life and a set of moral values that are perfectly clear to an eight-year-old child. A child knows what is fair and isn't fair, and justice derives from that knowledge.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

A 'human right' is, by definition, timeless. It cannot adhere to some societies and not others, at some times and not at other times.

Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.

For most of the world, civil and political rights... come as luxuries that are far away in the future.

If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.

People say that human rights is a Western construct foisted on others. But that's not true. Equality, dignity, respect and justice are as much an integral part of the Islamic tradition.

I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights.

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.

The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.

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