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Human Rights: Mandela
Human Rights: Mandela
“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.” – Nelson
Mandela
“We declare that human rights are for all of us, all the time: whoever we are and
wherever we are from; no matter our class, our opinions, our sexual orientation.” –
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.” –
John F. Kennedy
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be
a time when we fail to protest.” – Elie Wiesel
"When God created man and woman, he was thinking, 'Who shall I give the power to, to
give birth to the next human being?' And God chose woman. And this is the big evidence
that women are powerful." -— Malala Yousafzai
"Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights."- Hillary
Clinton
"I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because
they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've
been taught that silence would save us, but it won't."- Audre Lorde
"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."- Susan B.
Anthony
“The most complete believer in faith is the best in morals, and the best among you is the
best to their wives.” –Tirmidhi
“They (your wives) are your garment and you are a garment for them.” (Qur’an, 2: 187)
“Verily, women are the twin halves of men.” (Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi)
“And for women are rights over men similar to those of men over women.” (Qur’an, 2:
228)