Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights.
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The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them.
Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization.
Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.
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.
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights.
The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.
A 'human right' is, by definition, timeless. It cannot adhere to some societies and not others, at some times and not at other times.
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