At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.

quote by Jimmy Carter
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We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution.

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Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights.

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We must do all we can to help improve the deplorable human rights situation of the North Korean people.

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The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings.

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Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

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Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights and freedoms.

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Sweet success

Sweet success; Good news
Hard to come
Little scope for
Development of human rights
Nobody deny
Spark of revolution.

poem by Gajanan Mishra
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Peace demands of Nature the recognition of human rights; discrimination is contrary to Nature and to the enemy of peace.

quote by Jose Marti
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There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights.

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As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.

quote by Charlotte Bunch
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I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected.

quote by Shirin Ebadi
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And also a lot of Muslims are no more religious then the average Swede. For them it's natural that human rights come first.

quote by Bjorn Ulvaeus
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Books and opinions, no matter from whom they came, if they are in opposition to human rights, are nothing but dead letters.

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History Will Teach Us Nothing

If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past
Security in human systems were told will always always last
Emotions are the sail and blind faith is the mast
Without a breath of real freedom were getting nowhere fast
If God is dead and an actor plays his part
His words of fear will find their way to a place in your heart
Without the voice of reason every faith is its own curse
Without freedom from the past things can only get worse
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later just like the world first day
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
Sooner or later we learn to throw the past away
History will teach us nothing
History will teach us nothing
Our written history is a catalogue of crime
The sordid and the powerful, the architects of time
The mother of invention, the oppression of the mild
The constant fear of scarcity, aggression as its child
Sooner or later

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The Godless would deny and destroy human rights... the liberties of a nation cannot be secure when belief in God is abandoned.

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The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. As Americans, we are blessed with circumstances that protect our human rights and our religious freedom, but for many people around the world, deprivation and persecution have become a way of life.

quote by Jimmy Carter
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Incarcerate...

incarcerate,
poverty's grip.
human rights taken,
rape of soul.
colors,
human cries.
black and white,
Satan's grip.
patriot,
or citizen?
stolen land,
or the gift of earth?
burn your money,
burn your hate.
we live free...
hand in dirty hand!

poem by Eric Cockrell
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From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

quote by Charles Sumner
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Deny human rights, and however little you may wish to do so, you will find yourself abjectly kneeling at the feet of that old-world god, Force.

quote by Auberon Herbert
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