Human Rights Defenders

Famous quotes containing the words human, rights and/or defenders:

“The human face is a weak guarantee; yet it deserves some consideration. And if I had to whip the wicked, I would do so more severely to those who belied and betrayed the promises that nature had implanted on their brows; I would punish malice more harshly when it was hidden under a kindly appearance.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“I recognize no rights but human rights—I know nothing of men’s rights and women’s rights ...”
—Angelina Grimké (1805–1879)

“The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)