Human rights quotes

“We declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be given the rights of a human being, to be respected as a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence.”
Denzel Washington - Malcolm X

“That's the story of a whole people's struggle for freedom, from the very beginning until now, for we're still struggling. It's quite a story York, how they all got together and set up a government, whereby all men were pledged to defend the rights of each man, and each man to defend the the rights of all men. We call that a government of the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Stanley Ridges - Major Buxton

“You talk about rights. You think you've got the right to say that nobody else has got any. Well, that ain't the way the government looks at it.”

Van Heflin - Joe Starrett

“- Lando Calrissian: Do you want anything?
- L3-37: Equal rights?”
Donald Glover - Lando Calrissian
Phoebe Waller-Bridge - L3-37

“The rights of the uncommon man must always be respected.”
Roger Livesey - Dr. Frank Reeves

- Interrogator: Are there more bombs?
- Katherine Russell: I want a lawyer.
- Interrogator: No.
- Katherine Russell: No? "No" what?
- Interrogator: No.
- Katherine Russell: I have rights.
- Interrogator: You ain't got shit, sweetheart.
Khandi Alexander - Interrogator
Melissa Benoist - Katherine Russell

“Civil rights ain't always civil.”
Aldis Hodge - Levi Jackson

“We are not things. We are not things!”

Riley Keough - Capable

“We are not animals, we are men. That is the foundation of law - you cannot win. Where are your courts? Your judges? And your juries? Until you bring them forward, I must forbid you my house.”

Morris Carnovsky - Sixtus Andresen

“On the evening of October 7, 1989 several hundred people got together for some evening exercise and marched for the right to go for walks without the Berlin Wall getting in their way.”
Daniel Brühl - Alex

“Unfortunately, in this day and age, people seem to forget that the most basic human right of all is the right to know Jesus.”
Pat Boone - Walter Wesley

“- Joey Naylor: Do I have flexible morals?
- Nick Naylor: Let's say you became a lawyer and you were asked to defend a murderer worse than that, a child murderer now, the law states that every person deserves a fair trial, would you defend him?
- Joey Naylor: I don't know, I guess every person deserves a fair defense.
- Nick Naylor: So do...” (continue)(continue reading)
Cameron Bright - Joey Naylor
Aaron Eckhart - Nick Naylor

“- Miss Giddy: You cannot own a human being! Sooner or later, someone pushes back!
- Immortan Joe: [shouting] Where is she taking them?
- Miss Giddy: She didn't take them, they begged her to go!”
Jennifer Hagan - Miss Giddy
Hugh Keays-Byrne - Immortan Joe

“Laws change. Universal truths are constant. What is true and right is true and right for all. White and black alike.”

Brad Pitt - Bass

“I stand for a woman's right to choose. I stand for the elimination of the death penalty.”
Joan Allen - Laine Hanson

“We've stepped out upon the world stage now. Now! With the fate of human dignity in our hands. Blood's been spilled to afford us this moment now!”

Daniel Day-Lewis - Abraham Lincoln

“- Kathleen Smith: Bernie, it's inhuman to do that to a baby kangaroo! It's inhuman!
- Bernie Bonnelli: Has anyone ever told you that you're always repeating yourself? This is no ordinary kangaroo... Junior's different.”

Karen Carlson - Kathleen Smith
Elliott Gould - Bernie Bonnelli

“- Tami-Lynn: Oh my god, Teddy, look at this. It says if we want to have a baby, you're gonna have to prove you're a person in a court of law.
- Ted: This is a nightmare.”
Jessica Barth - Tami-Lynn
Seth MacFarlane - Ted

“While our mothers were called to the workforce for lady liberty it is our duty, obligation to reclaim our place in the home bearing the children that will carry our traditions into the future.”
Kirsten Dunst - Betty Warren

“A hundred years ago, it was inconceivable for a woman to be a college graduate! You should look back to see how far we've come!”

Marian Seldes - President Jocelyn Carr

“- Peter Gaulke: I should've never hired you!
- Cooker: That's the most un-American thing I've ever heard in my life!”
Steve Zahn - Peter Gaulke
Jonah Hill - Cooker

“This appears - mind you, I say appears - to be properly drawn. But you shan't have this man. A man isn't a piece of property. Mr. Stone is an American citizen... and an American citizen cannot be forced into the service of a foreign prince.”

Edward Arnold - Daniel Webster

“I don't believe in capital punishment. I do believe in the rights of victims. I do believe that they deserve recompense, no matter how significant or insignificant it may be in comparison to the loss suffered.”
Al Pacino - Jack Gramm

“There are certain things I'm not permitted to do because they're considered human rights violations. Fortunately, you're not human.”

Zach Grenier - Mr. Sherman

“- Achmed the Dead Terrorist: I would not kill the Jews. No. I would toss a penny between them and watch them fight to the death!
- Jeff Dunham: Achmed, stop doing that! You can't tell jokes like that!
- Achmed the Dead Terrorist: Why not? I'm killing... so to speak!”
Jeff Dunham - Achmed the Dead Terrorist
Jeff Dunham - Himself