Human Rights Quotes Quotes

“Universal human rights is the most precious jewel of humanity. Most of it is buried in the mud, we simply have to uncover it.”
― Amit Ray, World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird

“Human rights start with the freedom of equal income and educational opportunity. The deep-rooted inequalities like gender, colour, race and religion discriminations can be uprooted only through equal income and educational opportunity for all.”
― Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power

“Sometimes you don't need to do too much to voice your rights. Just sit and remain in your position as Rosa Parks did.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Many of us are paying for the so-called free lunch in one of the most expensive currencies out here — our privacy.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“The sad reality of forced conversion is the wound remains as fresh as ever.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“The social class who intends to excavate reasons to justify rape or forced conversion, cannibalise my brain box and moral compass which often says to each other “My dear, it’s so unnecessary.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“What a confused Generation we have become.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“The damage awakens us.”
― Gwen Calvo

“Failure to grant a minority group a place for a crematorium or religious services is a denial of a fundamental human right.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“After the dust of centuries has passed, we will be remembered not only for victories or defeats in battle or politics but also for our contribution to the human spirit.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“The wilful obliteration has born a left-out generation of unemployed people, underprivileged farmers, persecuted minorities and disheartened low-income families with scars which will never heal.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“Enough contemplation of the government’s misdeeds: today, I thought to break my silence about how rogue prime ministers, incompetent cabinet ministers, corrupt bureaucrats, dishonest judges, and unkind military dictators bring me to an era of total breakdown.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“The growing body of evidence suggests most of the recent political projects carry within them the seeds of the destruction of public trust. The damage is everywhere.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“Freedom day is losing its meaning or touch, because we are not as free as we were. We are oppressed by the ones we elected to free and lead us. Our leaders everyday with no single doubt are betraying public our trust in them.

They oppress us by stealing from us. Taking our money, jobs, opportunities, our pride, our freedom, our voice, our safety, our health, our happiness . They busy doing corruption and denying us basic service delivery. We don’t have financial, economical, educational freedom. We literally live in fear of our lives.”
― De philosopher DJ Kyos

“There is no human right to sin, nor is there any freedom for immorality.”
― Bruce Mbanzabugabo

“Weak justice system can overdose human rights crisis.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“A right to freedom doesn't need batteries to play.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“But on the ground in modern day, the gap-toothed border wall on the U.S. side was in the advanced stages of decay. It was an unsightly, rusted monstrosity, thoughtlessly imposing itself through the cacti masses who, until a few decades ago, had been peacefully congregating for millions of years along what was now an arbitrary line begging to be taken seriously.”
― Casey Fisher, The Subtle Cause

“The well-worn track was as straight as Gadsden’s ruler when the nineteenth-century U.S. diplomat had negotiated yet another strong-armed acquisition of Mexican territory to give Arizona its geometrically pleasing southern boundary. Pleasing on paper, anyway.”
― Casey Fisher, The Subtle Cause

“Wars are not always fought with weapons; sometimes, they are fought with ignorance, hatred, and unconscious bias.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Through Tragedy and Triumph: A Life Well Traveled

“Refugees are not just escaping trauma; they are seeking opportunities to thrive.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Through Tragedy and Triumph: A Life Well Traveled

“I may have fled out of fear, but I carry with me dreams; dreams of a community that thrives on understanding, compassion, and inclusion. Let my story remind you that behind every refugee is a human being, a unique story waiting to be heard.”
― Hagir Elsheikh

“When one individual succeeds, their success generates a ripple effect, creating jobs, sharing cultural enrichment, and fostering innovation.”
― Hagir Elsheikh, Through Tragedy and Triumph: A Life Well Traveled

“In a society where people have the status of "free citizens," it is important to ensure that all people have the same rights and opportunities. This includes the right to work, the right to safety, and the right to be treated with respect. Sex workers are just as much "free citizens" as anyone else, and they deserve to be treated with the same dignity and respect.”
― Maitreya Maitreyan, For Humans To Know: New Revised Edition

“It is not that difficult to understand and differentiate between our said rights and our assumption that we solely own them. (...)

Your right of self-defense, for instance, firmly stops at your borders. Crossing that line becomes an offense.

Your right to freedom of expression loses its validity at the uttering of hate, discrimination, racism, or lies.

Your basic human rights cease to be an entitlement when you intentionally and forcefully deprive others of theirs.

Even your right to express anger ceases to exist when it turns to violence, whether verbal or physical. (...)

No one is entitled to that which they refuse to others.”
― Claudys Kantara, Rebel Thoughts of Wisdom: Inspiring Conscious Change for Personal & Collective Growth

“Sadly, religious oppression does more than silence voices; it burdens individuals with guilt, forcing them to bear the weight of their faith in a society that regards their faith as a “defect”.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“In Torquay, Devon, I sought not refuge but the strength to continue writing in tribute to those whose religious freedoms are denied and whose voices remain unheard.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“Beyond the question, the fallen soul of religious freedom continues to bleed beneath the altars of power, where the sobbing of accused blasphemy victims, fall upon on deaf ears.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“Shahbaz Bhatti blood has not only baptized the cause of religious freedom but also marked the path toward religious freedom turning it from a right into a sacred responsibility.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“From the suffragettes to the civil rights movement, what was once condemned as radical disruption is now celebrated as moral courage. We must remember this pattern – and refuse to let our rights be eroded by fear. This is not new, and we will not be silenced.”
― Charlotte Church