Bryant H. McGill Quotes

Human rights and due process of law transcend all boundaries.

I will always speak out when someone says that a principle or a rule or a tradition trumps people.

The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.

The quest for freedom, dignity, and the rights of man will never end.

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.

Justice for all is not to be secured in a day.

One man’s right is every man’s right.

Equality and emancipation are required by the laws of humanity. These laws are not dependant on Judaism of Christianity because those laws and our claim are prior to both.

Human Rights

Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.

The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.

Seeking justice is always our goal, but we see many too willing to circumvent that.

Everyone must have their rights, and in fact everyone gets their rights.

I have one abiding religion-human liberty.

Right is the eternal sun; the world cannot delay its coming.

The idea of "human rights," for example - sometimes it bothers me. Not in itself, but because the concept of human rights has replaced the much grander idea of justice.

I believe in justice and truth, without which there would be no basis for human hope

Justice is like the kingdom of God--it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.

Let's roll for justice, let's roll for truth. Let's not let our children grow up fearful in their youth.

As a public person, I've always tried to reflect what is embodied in our defining ideals as a nation about equality and fairness and justice and so forth.

The foundations of justice are that on one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

It just seems silly to me that something so right and simple has to be fought for at all.

Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.