Selected Human Rights Quotes (10 Quotations)
1. Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression, or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.
- Pope Francis
2. The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
- John F. Kennedy
3. Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.
- Trevor Phillips
4. To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
- Nelson Mandela
5. Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.
- Wangari Maathai
6. Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights.
- Hilary Clinton
7. Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights.
- Mahnaz Afkhami
8. Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.
- Jimmy Carter
9. You are a human being. You have rights inherent in that reality. You have dignity and worth that exists prior to law.
- Lyn Beth Neylon
10. Human rights are those rights which you enjoy simply because you are a human being. They are not a privilege. They are a responsibility.
- Dr. Andrew Conteh
