Declaration Of Human Rights Quotes:

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Steve Neal (2002). “Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman”, p.277, Simon and Schuster

topic: Rights, Dignity, Born Free, Equality For All, Human Dignity

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Steve Neal (2002). “Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman”, p.279, Simon and Schuster

topic: Teaching, Practice, Community, Observance, Declaration Of Human Rights

Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

topic: Home, Rights, Community, Individual Rights, Equal Opportunity

The cost in human lives and suffering is so high that we all have to work to end violence and oppression once and for all. We have to proclaim that every human being is equal, in dignity, in freedom -and, as the first article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, we have to live in a spirit of brotherhood.

- Federico Mayor Zaragoza

topic: Rights, Suffering, Brotherhood, Declaration Of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - This great and inspiring instrument was born of an increased sense of responsibility by the international community for the promotion and protection of man's basic rights and freedoms. The world has come to a clear realization of the fact that freedom, justice and world peace can only be assured through the international promotion and protection of these rights and freedoms.

- U Thant

topic: Responsibility, Men, Rights, International Community, Declaration Of Human Rights

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

- Bjorn Ulvaeus

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Rights, Strive, Declaration, Declaration Of Human Rights

The UN Declaration of Human Rights laid down what any person might reasonably expect, yet there are remarkably few people who enjoy these rights. With cameras in the hands of activists and meaningful distribution of those images, we will witness what really goes on in this world and hopefully want to change it.

- Peter Gabriel

topic: Meaningful, Rights, Hands, Declaration Of Human Rights, Unesco

In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 1948) in most solemn form, the dignity of a person is acknowledged to all human beings; and as a consequence there is proclaimed, as a fundamental right, the right of free movement in search for truth and in the attainment of moral good and of justice, and also the right to a dignified life.

- Pope John XXIII

topic: Truth, Rights, Justice, Declaration Of Human Rights, Search For Truth

I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights.

- Antonio Tabucchi

topic: Rights, Doubt, Lists, Declaration Of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest with the family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else.

- Garrett Hardin

topic: Rights, Choices, Decision, Declaration Of Human Rights, Choices And Decisions

We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind, that is the approval by the General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Eleanor Roosevelt (2009). “The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers”

topic: Rights, Today, Approval, Proclamation, Declaration Of Human Rights

The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Steve Neal (2002). “Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman”, p.279, Simon and Schuster

topic: Society, Groups, Fundamentals, Declaration Of Human Rights, Entitled

The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Steve Neal (2002). “Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman”, p.279, Simon and Schuster

topic: Government, People, Discrimination, Declaration Of Human Rights

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

source: Eleanor Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Steve Neal (2002). “Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman”, p.280, Simon and Schuster

topic: Holiday, Pay, Leisure, Declaration Of Human Rights

The United States was founded on the idea that all people are endowed with inalienable rights, and that principle has allowed us to work to perfect our union at home while standing as a beacon of hope to the world. Today, that principle is embodied in agreements Americans helped forge - the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions, and treaties against torture and genocide - and it unites us with people from every country and culture.

- Barack Obama

topic: Country, Home, Rights, Declaration Of Human Rights, Geneva Convention

It is up to each and every one of us to raise our voice against crimes that deprive countless victims of their liberty, dignity and human rights. We have to work together to realize the equal rights promised to all by the United Nations Charter. And we must collectively give meaning to the words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that "no one shall be held in slavery or servitude"

- Ban Ki-moon

topic: Voice, Rights, Giving, Servitude, Declaration Of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that 'if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression', human rights should be protected by the rule of law. That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.

- Aung San Suu Kyi

topic: Peace, Men, Rights, Closed Mind, Denied

Realising the healthy international relations can be created only among populations made up of individuals who themselves are healthy and enjoy a measure a independence, the United Nations elaborated a Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on December 10, 1948.

- Albert Einstein

source: Albert Einstein (1995). “Ideas and Opinions”, Three Rivers Press

topic: Rights, Healthy, Independence, Declaration Of Human Rights, General Assembly

I want to take my American friends back to the end of World War II, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was formulated. A group of thinkers met to come up with ways and means to prevent yet another war. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt played a crucial role in assembling this group of people. And that is why the name of the United States is synonymous with the cause of human rights around the world.

- Shirin Ebadi

topic: War, Mean, Rights, Assembling, Declaration Of Human Rights

Israel does not respect the principles or purposes of the United Nations charter nor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

- Evo Morales

topic: Rights, Israel, Purpose, Declaration Of Human Rights

Human beings are not property. On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And let us redouble our efforts so that the words of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 'no one shall be held in slavery or servitude' - ring true.

- Kofi Annan

topic: Children, Men, Rights, Servitude, Abolition

The International Declaration of Human Rights says the right to housing, health, education should be guaranteed to everyone. The moment these things are provided, we will have a different world order and nuclear weapons will become less of a threat.

- Bernard Lown

topic: Health, Rights, Order, Declaration Of Human Rights, Different Worlds

If the Chinese business community takes the Declaration of Human Rights, core labor standards, and environmental standards seriously, the government of China will take them far more seriously, too.

- Mary Robinson

source: Source: www.egonzehnder.com

topic: Rights, Government, Community, Declaration Of Human Rights

Terrorists and their allies believe the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the American Bill of Rights and every charter of liberty ever written are lies to be burned and destroyed and forgotten.

- George W. Bush

source: United Nations General Assembly Address, delivered 21 September 2004, New York, NY

topic: Lying, Believe, Rights, Declaration Of Human Rights

I was born in the middle of World War II, the middle of the Holocaust; I was born when there was no declaration of human rights, when feminism was not an issue, when children were working in factories. I mean, today's world is a better place!

- Isabel Allende

source: "Isabel Allende: Despite Terrorism, the World Is a Better Place Now Than Ever Before". Interview with Michael Skafidas, www.huffingtonpost.com.

topic: Children, War, Mean, Declaration Of Human Rights, Today's World

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights... stands as a landmark achievement in the history of human liberty.

- George W. Bush

source: George W. Bush (1982). “Public paper of the presidents of the United States”, p.1231, Government Printing Office

topic: Rights, Achievement, Liberty, Landmarks, Declaration Of Human Rights

Every government has signed up to a voluntary legal commitment under at least one of the international covenants and conventions based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But who is holding them to account? Our mission is to make it known that these conventions are good tools for civil society to hold their local authority, their government and businesses accountable.

- Mary Robinson

source: Source: www.who.int

topic: Commitment, Rights, Government, Declaration Of Human Rights, Government And Business