It is time in the West to defend not so much human rights as human obligations.
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Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.
Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities.
We can never protect the rights by only thinking about our rights. By performing the universal responsibility with a compassionate mind, you can protect your own right and that of others.
I'm pretty political when it comes to human rights and things like that.
There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.
Human rights must work to uplift human dignity.
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.