Inspiring Quotes About Equality and Human Rights

Discussion Skills Barkley Inspiring Quotes about Equality and Human Rights

1. “The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.” ― John F. Kennedy

2. “To take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.” ― Madeleine L'Engle

3. “To cheapen the lives of any group of men, cheapens the lives of all men, even our own. This is a law of human psychology, or human nature. And it will not be repealed by our wishes, nor will it be merciful to our blindness.” ― William Pickens

4. “Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt

5. “Remember, the change you want to see in the world begins with you.” ― Joseph Clementi

6. “...our species is one, and each of the individuals who compose it are entitled to equal moral consideration.” ― Michael Ignatieff, Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry

7. “Injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere.” --Martin Luther King, Jr.

And finally, Martin Niemöller is perhaps best remembered for the quotation about WWII Germany:

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Discussion Skills Barkley Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.