Quotes about "Social Justice & Equality"

For me, human rights simply endorse a view of life and a set of moral values that are perfectly clear to an eight-year-old child. A child knows what is fair and isn't fair, and justice derives from that knowledge. ”

The thing about talking about human rights is that when one bears in mind the sharp end of it, one does not want to worry too much about semantics. ”

Very often in Chekhov, where he exhibits a little bit of human behavior that you recognize as true, you give a little laugh. It's like a reflex. ”

I think... the history of civilization is an attempt to codify, classify and categorize aspects of human nature that hardly lend themselves to that process. ”

The fact of the matter is, people care about their own human interests: the people they love, their families, and their communities. ”

I am passionate about preserving the rights and opportunities of current and future Americans. That has meant fighting to stop global warming. ”

The idea of 'climate' - in quotation marks - is never going to be the issue. It's always going to be a local, human issue. And so to the extent that you put 'climate' on the ballot, that's never going to move the needle. ”

One has the responsibility to oneself, to the writer, director and the people who put up the money, to put out the best of what one has experienced and understood about the human condition as it relates to the role one has been hired to portray. ”

Protecting the dignity and the security our seniors have earned is a commitment that spans generations and party lines. ”

Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars. ”