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Human Rights

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
John F. Kennedy
Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Give me liberty, or give me death!
Patrick Henry
The most fundamental human right is the right to live.
John Paul II
The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Albert Schweitzer
An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi
Peace can only last where human rights are respected.
Dalai Lama
Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.
Hillary Clinton
A right delayed is a right denied.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
Aristotle
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Human rights stand upon a common basis, and by all reasonable persons, are so understood.
Thomas Paine
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a Magna Carta for all humanity.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Liberty, equality, fraternity.
French Revolutionary Motto
Life without liberty is like a body without a spirit.
Kahlil Gibran
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
Mahatma Gandhi
Every man is entitled to all the rights and privileges which the law gives him.
William Blackstone