Blase J. Cupich Quotes

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

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.

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

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

We are all human beings and I believe that we all should have equal rights.

I think everyone deserves dignity.

I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.

My heart is committed to giving everyone the same rights that I deserve for myself.

If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside.

The important thing is the spirit of Islam. That is all about tolerance…and human dignity…Islam…doesn’t impose anything on other people….

Even though we may focus first on the rights of our own country, that does not mean that we should disregard the rights of everyone else.

In the real world, as lived and experienced by real people, the demand for human rights and dignity, the longing for liberty and justice and opportunity, the hatred of oppression and corruption and cruelty is reality.

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

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

'Peace' means rules respected by everyone - big or small, rich or poor - means cooperation. It means respect for human rights and dignity.

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

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.

I will stand strong to defend people even if I don't agree with them.

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

Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men?

I believe that God breathed life into every person and that every person is made in the image of God and you have accept them as they are, on their journey. I'm not here to preach hate or push people down.

Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.