#human rights

The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial. ↗

— Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

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Those who have been outspoken in advocating human rights during these last forty years, have themselves grabbed the most fundamental of human rights from the people of the Third-World countries. ↗

— Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

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It is not necessary to dwell on the political and social principles of Islam, to underline how close they also are in spirit to the concepts of human rights which govern the political and social systems of the West. ↗

— Aly Khan

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However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights. ↗

— Hans Kung

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The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights. ↗

— Richard Stallman

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I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for. ↗

— Helen Suzman

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It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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