Best 15 quotes in «human rights day quotes» category

If the idea of loving those whom you have been taught to recognize as your enemies is too overwhelming, consider more deeply the observation that we are all much more alike than we are unalike.

Calling for an end to hate shouldn't be treated as a punishable offense.

History is a hermaphrodite with many distinguished lovers. We are neither mysteries nor strangers but the living breath of revelation made flesh by the unrestrained desires of a free and universal love. Universal me. Universal you.” --from Past Present and Future are One

It can be difficult to speak truth to power. Circumstances, however, have made doing so increasingly necessary.

In an age of bombs guzzling blood, skylarks merge peace with thought and action.

If you'd combat bigotry, use honest language and call things out for what they really are.

We believe in equality for all, and privileges for none. This is a belief that each American regardless of background has equal standing in the public forum, all of us. Because we believe this idea so firmly, we are an inclusive, rather than an exclusive party. Let everybody come.

Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon.

The acknowledgement of a single possibility can change everything.

Never be content to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. Your rights could be next.

Prejudice plunges you into a world of fear and hate. That's no way to live.

The city of Paris, France, became a place of refuge for biracial Americans during slavery and at the time of the Harlem Renaissance for black musicians, fine artists, writers and others seeking opportunities to practice their craft free from American racism.

The instinct to tell our children that they are better than someone else’s children, based on nothing more than the color of their skin, is now a fossilized aberration that serves no useful purpose.

Torture is still being committed in secret in most part of the world even though it’s banned in two-thirds of the world’s countries. Too many governments still give chance to disappearance, murder or unlawful imprisonment to be exercised by their officials with impunity. If we really want to make the world a better place, these definitely has to stop.” -Shenita Etwaroo

When we hide discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom,' we make a mockery of human rights.