Human rights is the soul of our foreign policy, because human rights is the very soul of our sense of nationhood.

Quote by Jimmy Carter

Topics: Human Rights Quotes

The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province...

The law is not the private property of lawyers, nor is justice the exclusive province...

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are...

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are...

You just have to have a simple faith.

You just have to have a simple faith.

We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women'...

We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women'...

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the...

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the...

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator...

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator...

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and...

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and...

Sadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were...

Sadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were...

You cant divorce religious belief and public service Ive never detected any conflict between Gods...

You cant divorce religious belief and public service Ive never detected any conflict between Gods...

I think the government ought to stay out of the religious business.

I think the government ought to stay out of the religious business.

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its...

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its...

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to...

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to...

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between...

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between...

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of...

For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of...

Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than...

Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than...

You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy...

You have given me a great responsibility: to stay close to you, to be worthy...

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth...

To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth...

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods,...