Human Rights Award

Famous quotes containing the words human, rights and/or award:

“All human rules are more or less idiotic.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)