Human Rights Violations

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

“I know of no one so patient and determined to have the good of you. It is almost friendship, such plain and human dealing.... He has naturalized and humanized New York for me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The respect for human rights is one of the most significant advantages of a free and democratic nation in the peaceful struggle for influence, and we should use this good weapon as effectively as possible.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

“There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)