“I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for the minds and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.,
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Human Rights Quotes
“I would rather die on my feet than live on my
knees.” -Charles Houston
“All human beings, whatever their cultural or
historical background, suffer when they are intimidated, imprisoned or tortured
. . . We must, therefore, insist on a global consensus, not only on the need to
respect human rights worldwide, but also on the definition of these rights . . .
for it is the inherent nature of all human beings to yearn for freedom, equality
and dignity, and they have an equal right to achieve that.”
-The Dalai Lama
“Nations will rise and fall, but equality remains
the ideal. The universal aim is to achieve respect for the entire human race,
not just for the dominant few.”
-Carlos P. Romulo
“First they came for the Jews and I did not speak
out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communist and I did not
speak out – because I was not a communist. Then they came for the trade
unionists and I did not speak out – because I was not a trade unionists.
Then they came for me – and there was no one
left to speak out for me.” -Pastor Niemoeler
(victim of the Nazis)
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful
committed citizens can change the world – indeed it is the only thing that ever
does” -Margaret Meade
“It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my
ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep
them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good
at heart.” -Anne Frank
“I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
-Edward Everett
“If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds,
to live together, in the same world at peace.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the aching, or cool one pain, or help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.” -Emily Dickinson
