Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man's…

Quote by Haile Selassie I Of Ethiopia

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Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the...

America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the...

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe...

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe...

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your...

From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your...

Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them...

Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them...

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a...

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a...

And when human rights are being thrown aside, ignored, well, there's no game in progress,...

And when human rights are being thrown aside, ignored, well, there's no game in progress,...

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own...

The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own...

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

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

Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about...

Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about...

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support...

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...

I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest...

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go...

The future is like heaven - everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go...

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their...

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their...

When the war closed we were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system...

When the war closed we were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system...